Amnesty International reported on April 21, 2026, that attacks on human rights defenders in Mexico persisted through 2025, coinciding with a rise in disappearances to 133,500 cases. The organization's annual report indicated a 10.5% increase in disappearances by December 2025, while murders saw a 27.4% decrease. Mexico continues to experience high torture rates, as noted by the Global Torture Index. Human rights defenders faced escalating threats, attacks, and killings amid diminished government protection. Migrants traversing Mexico encounter extortion, kidnapping, and barriers to essential services. Concurrently, a UN committee urged the General Assembly to investigate forced disappearances in Mexico as crimes against humanity, a claim President Claudia Sheinbaum dismissed as politically motivated. Edith Olivares, head of Amnesty International in Mexico, urged the administration to reform structures enabling rights violations by state agents, while UN High Commissioner Volker Turk, visiting Mexico, expressed profound inspiration from families searching for truth and justice for their disappeared loved ones.