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Reuters
Reuters
Politics
Laura Gottesdiener

In northern Mexico, authorities search for missing women amid spate of disappearances

A flyer with information of Debanhi Escobar, an 18-year-old law student who has been missing since April 9, is pictured during a search held by her loved ones and security forces, in Escobedo, Mexico April 18, 2022. REUTERS/Daniel Becerril

More than two dozen women and girls have disappeared so far this year in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon, sparking frantic searches among residents who hope their loved ones have not become the latest victims of endemic gender violence.

On Tuesday, Nuevo Leon Governor Samuel Garcia said that 26 women and girls have disappeared since the beginning of the year and five more have been found dead after being reported missing.

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