[2] Often, the victim's body is burned in an attempt to ("enforce disappearance") destroy all evidence.
[1][3] The commission was established in 2018 and the commissioner at the helm was Karla Quintana from February 2019 until her resignation in August 2023.
[2] Over 1000 clandestine mass graves have been found in Mexico and families are often tasked with having to investigate missing persons without much help from the Mexican Police.
[12] The commission's main responsibility is accounting for and finding Mexico's missing people.
[13] On February 28, 2022, the Associated Press stated the official number was 98,356[1] and other sources estimated there were nearly 100,000 missing.