World · Latin America · 13 hrs ago
Tijuana has Mexico’s highest number of recorded disappearances
Tijuana had the highest number of recorded disappearances among 100 municipalities in Mexico, with 3,300 cases.
The figures come from official records analyzed by Red Lupa, a civil society organization.
The analysis found that 100 municipalities accounted for 55,077 cases from 2021 through 2025, or 58.13% of all disappearances in that period.
These municipalities are spread across 24 states, and 82 are in metropolitan areas.
Reynosa and Nuevo Laredo, both in Tamaulipas, ranked second and third after Tijuana.
The analysis also found that 38 municipalities had a higher share of missing women than the national average used in the study; Álvaro Obregón and Tlalpan in Mexico City had especially high shares.
The figures show that disappearances are concentrated in particular places, while the analysis did not explain why one smaller municipality, Atlautla, had an unusually high rate.
Tijuana ranks first among 100 Mexican municipalities for recorded disappearances, with 3,300 cases, according to a Red Lupa study.
The study draws on official data from Mexico’s National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons.
The 100 municipalities recorded 55,077 disappearance cases between 2021 and 2025, representing 58.13% of all cases in that period.
They are spread across 24 states, and 82 are in metropolitan areas.
Álvaro Obregón and Tlalpan in Mexico City have the highest shares of missing women among the municipalities highlighted.
- Who
- People recorded as disappeared or unlocated in Mexico.
- What
- Tijuana ranks first among 100 municipalities, with 3,300 recorded cases.
- When
- The study reports 55,077 cases across the 100 municipalities between 2021 and 2025; it also gives figures for 2000 through May 16, 2026.
- Where
- Tijuana, Mexico.
- Why
- Not stated
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The study says 91% of cases of disappeared people were recorded in this period.
The 100 municipalities recorded 55,077 disappearance cases.
El Universal reported the Red Lupa study’s ranking.
- Tijuana
- 3,300 cases; ranked first among the 100 municipalities
- Reynosa
- 2,903 cases; ranked second
- Nuevo Laredo
- 2,764 cases; ranked third
- 100 municipalities
- 55,077 cases between 2021 and 2025
- Metropolitan areas
- 82 of the 100 municipalities
- Atlautla
- 576 disappeared people per 100,000 residents
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