The first days of November keep a special day on the calendar to remember those who have left; but prior to those dates, the October 30 this dedicated to those who were never identified.
While millions of Mexicans decorate altars and visit their loved ones in the cemeteries around the Day of the Dead, 7,700 deceased will have no one to remember thembecause they arrived at Institute of Forensic Sciences (Incifo) and they did not claim or recognize them.
When a person dies from violent causes, in an accident or no one identifies her, His body is taken to Incifo to perform a necropsy.
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In response to a request for information, the Judiciary of Mexico City shared to 24 HOURS which, from January 1, 2020 to September 30, 2025, received 35,179 bodies.
In that period, the Incifo files They include bodies of people, limbs, fetuses and dry remains brought into the facilities.
Once the autopsy is performed, the final fate of the body depends on whether it is identified by its family or not. If they claim ithe Incifo delivers the body to the relatives to take charge of the funeral services.
Otherwise, the institution protects the body for up to six months and if he continues as an unknown, two possible fates await him: common grave o one research institute.
More than 7 thousand unidentified deaths
In this sense, of the total, Incifo shared that No one claimed or identified 7,700 deceased.
Of them, 3,178 bodies were sent to the mass grave in it Civil Pantheon of Dolores; while 4,522 were donated to universities such as the UNAM, the IPN or the Anáhuac University for research and teaching purposes.
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Even if they do not have a candle or an altar to commemorate the Day of the Dead, the October 30 is a special day, given that On that date the forgotten souls arrivethose who have no one to pray for them; A moment is dedicated to those who left without witnesses.
According to tradition, they are offered on the altar bread, salt and candles for what andFind your way back.
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7,700 deceased will remain anonymoussince they entered the Incifo but no one recognized or claimed their bodies.
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