Relatives of missing people in Mexico marched to the Senate on
Saturday, demanding an end to disappearances in the country and the
return of their loved ones.
The march in Mexico City marked the International Day of the Disappeared.
Protesters marched from the Pillar of Light monument to the Mexican Senate, where they stuck photographs of their loved ones on the building.
The government last week revised the number of people believed to have disappeared since Mexico launched a war against drug traffickers in 2006, reporting that 22,322 had been reported missing.
That was significantly higher than earlier estimates.
In May, the government had said 8,000 people were missing.
Government officials have estimated that the vast majority of kidnappings - more than 90 percent - were never reported.
Official numbers show there were 1,698 kidnappings reported in 2013, a 20 percent increase compared to the previous year, but they acknowledged the actual number was probably more than 100-thousand.
The march in Mexico City marked the International Day of the Disappeared.
Protesters marched from the Pillar of Light monument to the Mexican Senate, where they stuck photographs of their loved ones on the building.
The government last week revised the number of people believed to have disappeared since Mexico launched a war against drug traffickers in 2006, reporting that 22,322 had been reported missing.
That was significantly higher than earlier estimates.
In May, the government had said 8,000 people were missing.
Government officials have estimated that the vast majority of kidnappings - more than 90 percent - were never reported.
Official numbers show there were 1,698 kidnappings reported in 2013, a 20 percent increase compared to the previous year, but they acknowledged the actual number was probably more than 100-thousand.
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