| Mexico’s Official ‘Disappeared’ List Grows to More Than 100,000 Carrie Kahn - NPR | |
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Human rights organizations and relatives of the missing have called on the government to step up investigations and conduct searches more effectively. (AFP)
Mexico this week marked a grim milestone: The number of people officially listed as disappeared now exceeds 100,000. Many are innocent victims of organized gangs involved in the drug trade.
Carrie Kahn is NPR's International Correspondent based in Mexico City, Mexico. She covers Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central America. Kahn's reports can be heard on NPR's award-winning news programs including All Things Considered, Morning Edition and Weekend Edition, and on NPR.org.
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Latin Americans slam alleged inaction in Mexico's missing persons cases (Al Jazeera English)
Related: Over 100,000 People Officially Missing or Disappeared in Mexico (CNN)
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