Key Institutional Advances and the New CAIBP
The Head of Government of Mexico City, Clara Brugada Molina, inaugurated the Integral Center for Searching Missing Persons (CAIBP) on November 10, 2025. This unique space aims to centralize and streamline inter-institutional coordination efforts in locating missing individuals.
Institutional Advances
- Establishment of the Search Gabinete for Missing Persons, which holds permanent sessions to coordinate governmental efforts and analyze cases individually.
- Construction of the Temporary Safekeeping Center to dignify unidentified remains with 5,000 coffins and 4,000 ossuaries.
- Doubling of the Search Commission’s budget to strengthen search efforts.
- Increased on-field capabilities with the addition of 800 specialized personnel directly working with families.
The Role of CAIBP
CAIBP brings together specialized areas from three main institutions in one location, ending the victims’ back-and-forth between offices. The goal is to provide comprehensive attention from the start, addressing each case with an integrated approach.
Clara Brugada’s Message and Commitment
During her speech, Brugada acknowledged the relentless efforts of families and communities, stating that institutional advances are a direct result of their perseverance. She emphasized the importance of eliminating historical obstacles faced by families and expressed her government’s ethical commitment to addressing this humanitarian emergency.
Brugada highlighted concrete decisions taken since the beginning of her administration to strengthen search efforts and remove institutional barriers hindering access to truth. She mentioned the creation of a Metropolitan Search Cabinet to eliminate boundaries with neighboring entities (Estado de México, Hidalgo, Morelos, Puebla, and Tlaxcala), ensuring that search efforts remain unfragmented.
Supporting Statements
Fiscal General of Justice, Bertha María Alcalde Luján: Emphasized the importance of inter-institutional coordination as a response to families’ demands for unified efforts. She mentioned the implementation of a single photo-bulletin, a unique national family identification and search unit, which has helped locate over 300 families and restore 196 deceased individuals.
Secretary of Security, Pablo Vázquez Camacho: Reaffirmed the SSC’s commitment to locating individuals and supporting families. He highlighted the creation of the Specialized Support Group for Immediate Search (GEABI) in 2022, composed of highly trained police officers working alongside victims, applying a human rights and gender perspective approach.
Secretary of Government, Céar Cravioto Romero: Focused on families’ demands and actions taken to meet them. He mentioned that the most repeated request from families was for institutions to work together as a team. He also addressed recent disappearances and voluntary absences, emphasizing that CAIBP is not just a building but an effort to ensure families don’t have to navigate between offices for justice.
Magistrado Presidente of the Power Judicial of Mexico City, Rafael Guerra Álvarez: Described the search for missing persons as a deeply human endeavor and a noble gesture, reinforcing the idea of an accompanying, feeling, and searching state.
