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Uncovering recent hidden grave sites in Mexico with satellite data

Researchers in Mexico are using satellite data to find covert graves – these could hold the remains of some of the thousands of people who have gone missing in the country over the past two decades

By Roberto González

8 August 2024

Researchers taking measurements with a spectroradiometer in Mexico

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Mexico’s missing persons crisis has intensified over the past 20 years, with putting the number of people unaccounted for at more than 100,000. Now, the most extensive model ever made for predicting the locations of clandestine graves in Mexico could help track down the remains of those who have disappeared.

is part of a team of researchers at , a geospatial research centre funded by the Mexican government, that…

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