Carla Humphrey urges the confidentiality of the INE registry in light of the biometric data reform.

MEXICO CITY (apro) .- In response to the reform initiatives submitted by President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo to concentrate the biometric information of the Mexican population in the federal government, Carla Humphrey Jordan, advisor to the National Electoral Institute (INE), insisted on the need to "maintain the confidentiality and integrity of the electoral register," which is currently the largest biometric database in the country.

During a session of the INE's General Council, the councilors announced that, as a result of the 34 agreements in force between the autonomous body and various government agencies—primarily prosecutors' offices and search commissions—the INE received 88,405 requests to identify individuals and was able to provide information in 29,807 cases, or 33.7 percent.

Regarding requests to cooperate in locating individuals, the INE has received 306,140 requests, of which it found records in 156,259, or 51 percent.

INE advisors emphasized that the agency is thus participating in the search for the more than 112,000 people registered as missing on March 31st. This figure, Humphrey emphasized, marks a 5.24% increase compared to the number recorded on December 31st, when the government reported 106,957 missing persons.

"The INE only collaborates in locating missing persons when a competent authority requests it," emphasized Councilor Dania Ravel Cuevas, adding that "while having advanced technology is one of the essential steps, it also requires political will, institutional coordination, and, above all, sensitivity."