How Researchers Are Using Geospatial Technology to Uncover Mexico’s Clandestine Graves

There are more than 114,000 missing persons in Mexico, and that number is continuing to rise. Criminal violence in the country is at a record level, largely driven by gangs and drug cartels. Many of those missing are buried in clandestine graves all across the country.

To contribute to the solution of this complex problem, a group of scientists from the Center for Research in Geospatial Information Sciences (CentroGeo) put technology and data analysis at the service of the searches.

“I never thought I would have to work on this, but if this knowledge is of any use, now is the time to show it,”

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