FGR Reports Increase in Genetic Profiles in 2024

In its 2024 Report, the FGR reports 78,722 genetic profiles in its database, highlighting cases in Guadalajara and Hermosillo, and a growing number of missing persons.


FGR Reports Increase in Genetic Profiles in 2024

The Attorney General's Office of the Republic (FGR) presented its 2024 Report, which reported on 1,850 records containing relevant information about clandestine graves and other contexts of discovery. Additionally, it revealed that its National Genetic Information Base houses 78,722 genetic profiles, mainly from Guadalajara, Hermosillo, Chihuahua, and Chiapas.

The report highlights that these genetic profiles were contributed by the FGR, as well as by the Attorney General's Offices of Chihuahua and Chiapas. This national database collects genetic information from corpses, unidentified remains, and relatives of missing persons, entered into the Combined DNA Indices System and other genetic banks.

The report also emphasizes that Phase II of the National Genetic Information Base was completed in 2024, with the incorporation of 9,071 new genetic profile records obtained from family samples of missing persons at the federal level. Among other data, it was reported that the National Register of Deceased Persons, Unidentified and Unclaimed, reports 220,027 cases from 2015 to date, with 24,246 new records incorporated in 2024 into the National Nominal Information System.

Furthermore, it details that the National Forensic Register has 2,144 records of corpses and human remains at the federal level. This register collects information about missing persons, human remains, circumstances related to disappearances, and findings of bone remains, obtained from various investigations carried out by the FGR and state Attorney General's Offices.