Mexico State launches National Immediate Search Alert Command Center, Digi Mart USA News (Estado de México, Mexico): Governor Delfina Gómez Álvarez has begun operations of the Command Center for the National Immediate Search Alert in the State of Mexico, aimed at speeding up investigations into reports of persons not located.
The new unit will coordinate state and federal institutions to share information and activate actions on the matter. It forms part of the national strategy led by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo to strengthen efforts to search for missing persons.
Gómez Álvarez said the center would help respond to cases more promptly. In a message on social media, she said the state was joining the national strategy to strengthen the search for missing persons and addressing one of the greatest demands of families with a missing loved one.
The state also plans to launch a Human Identification Center and form a team of divers to search bodies of water. The governor reaffirmed her commitment to ensuring that institutions act without delay, in a coordinated way, and follow up on search actions.
The Command Center will be run by the Comisión de Búsqueda de Personas del Estado de México (COBUPEM), an administrative body attached to the State Legal Counsel’s Office. It will work with the National Search Commission, the state Security Secretariat, the State Attorney General’s Office, the National Guard and the Ministry of National Defense.
The center will concentrate national alerts and disappearance reports known to participating institutions, establish direct communication between their liaisons, and trigger actions for each authority without waiting for other agencies to conclude their proceedings. It will also use technological tools and video surveillance for monitoring, analysis and information exchange.
The state government said the arrangement allows simultaneous, cross-cutting actions while respecting each agency’s responsibilities, without replacing the functions of the authorities responsible for searches, public security or criminal investigations.
Recently, the state government confirmed the whereabouts of more than 1,000 people from a list of 6,000 sent by the National Search Commission. According to the State Attorney General’s Office, from 2005 to the first quarter of 2026 there were 70,139 reports of missing persons, 52% women and 48% men.
Of these, 16,000 victims remain unlocated, and 54,000 have been found.
Last year, 5,257 disappearance reports were handled, of which 1,510 were still pending location.
