As Mexico prepares to host four World Cup matches here in June, it’s pulling out the stops on security, deploying thousands more officers and beefing up surveillance. And victims’ families say the show of force for the World Cup does nothing to protect them or help find their loved ones. Four of Ana Hatsumi Muñoz’s family members have disappeared or been killed. But the job of finding missing people is still largely left to family members. Two days after we filmed with them, the collective unearthed a bag of human bones buried two and a half miles from the Guadalajara airport, where World Cup teams and fans will fly in.

Source: International New York Times April 11, 2026 16:30 UTC