**Hundreds March for Missing Persons in Baja California Sur**
Hundreds of families of missing persons took to the streets of Baja California Sur’s cities to commemorate the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. In the municipalities of La Paz and Los Cabos, citizens dressed in white carried photographs of their loved ones, highlighting that impunity remains the “cancer” preventing access to justice and truth.
Iris Manríquez, coordinator of the collective Búsqueda x La Paz, emphasized that disappearances continue to rise, although exact figures for current cases remain unavailable. According to the National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons (RNPDNO), there were 584 disappearances in the state between 2018 and 2024, while advocacy groups suggest there are over a thousand active search warrants.
Investigations, many families argue, remain incomplete, failing to yield significant progress in locating their missing relatives.
Manríquez highlighted that it is the collectives who make substantial discoveries, evidenced by the clandestine graves found in La Paz and Los Cabos this year, along with confirmed cases from 2021 to 2023.
The Búsqueda x La Paz database reveals that over 60 victims have been discovered in more than 50 clandestine graves in La Paz, Los Cabos, and Comondú between 2021 and 2024.
“Justice is the least we families have; it’s what we always seek: truth and justice, and it’s the least we have,” Manríquez asserted.
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In Tijuana, citizens also gathered to mark the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. Marchers called for increased government transparency and action, emphasizing the need for genuine efforts to find missing relatives and hold perpetrators accountable. Throughout Mexico, similar rallies and events aimed to shed light on the growing crisis of disappearances and the urgent need for justice and systemic change.