Key Takeaways from AP Report on Mexican Mothers Searching for Their Missing Children

MEXICO CITY (AP) — At least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952, according to official figures, but the true number is likely higher.

During the country’s “dirty war,” a conflict that lasted into the 1970s, the disappearances were attributed to government repression.

Over the past two decades, it has become increasingly difficult to track down the perpetrators and causes of disappearances as authorities in several states battle drug cartels and organized crime gains traction.

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