The disappearance of underage girls in Mexico highlights a persistent crisis linked to gender violence and human trafficking, according to the Red Lupa collective.
In a publication, the organization indicated that as of March 5, 2026, 8,925 minors remain missing, representing more than 31% of all missing women in the country.
According to the same report, Tamaulipas has the highest rate, with 98 missing girls per 100,000 inhabitants.
While in 2025, 39% of missing women were minors, compared to 20% in 2010.
According to figures from Red Lupa, 131,859 people remain missing in Mexico, of whom 28,769 are women and 102,687 are men.
Although men represent 77% of the total, girls and adolescents are clearly overrepresented: between 1950 and March 2026, 31% of missing and unlocated women were minors, while only 8.5% of missing men were minors.
The organization shared the case of María José Monroy Enciso, who disappeared on September 21, 2010, when she was eleven months old.
Her kidnapping was marked by extreme violence: Geyser Crespo García abducted her and attempted to murder her mother, Maribel Enciso.
Crespo García was arrested a month later and, during his trial in 2016, confessed to murdering María José and dumping her body in a canal in Tecámac. Her body has never been found.
