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25,230 people are missing in Mexico: PGR and Segob

Tamaulipas is the state with the largest number of missing people: 5,392.

According to the National Register of Missing Persons (RNPED), there are more missing people in the northern states of the country. (Photo: Ariel Ojeda / EL UNIVERSAL)
02/09/2015 |13:09Alberto Morales y Juan Arvizu |
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The Interior Ministry (Segob) and the Attorney General's Office (PGR) reported that until December 31, 2014, 25,230 people were missing in Mexico.

According to the National Register of Missing Persons (RNPED), that the government sent to the Senate, there are more missing people in the northern states of the country, except in Baja California Sur.

Tamaulipas is the state with the largest number of missing people 21.7% (5,392), followed by Jalisco with 8.8% (2,184); Nuevo León with 7.8% (1,947) and the State of Mexico 7.8% (1,945), Chihuahua with 6.2% (1,540) and Sinaloa with 6.2% (1,536).

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