DNA samples are being taken from relatives of missing persons in Nuevo León and Tamaulipas; several remain unclaimed.

MONTERREY, NL (apro).- As part of the Service Day for Indirect Victims of Missing Persons, this Thursday and Friday the State Human Rights Commission of Nuevo León (CEDHNL) is collecting reference samples to obtain genetic profiles of family members.

The purpose of this is to identify probable matches with previously kept records and to add new samples to achieve rapid identification and location.

The president of the National Human Rights Commission (CEDHNL), Olga Susana Méndez Arellano, reported that this effort is being carried out jointly with Tamaulipas and Coahuila, as well as with the Regional Center for Human Identification of Coahuila, which is responsible for collecting samples from people throughout the country.

"People who wish to obtain this DNA genetic sample, a reference sample, will do so today and tomorrow until 2 p.m. We have worked with the Regional Center for Human Identification of Coahuila for four consecutive years, and they have several samples in their records that have not been claimed by anyone, and the goal is to verify them," said Méndez Arellano.

He explained that as of Thursday morning, around 100 people from this state, as well as from San Luis Potosí, Mexico City, and other states, had been treated.

The head of the agency noted that, in addition, local search commissions, local victim assistance commissions, prosecutors' offices, and human rights organizations in Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Tamaulipas provide legal guidance on any procedure related to the search for a missing person.

"The goal is to provide families with information and services from participating institutions, enable, as determined and deemed appropriate by the authority, the collection of reference samples for identification purposes, and strengthen inter-institutional coordination to improve care and search processes," stated the president of CEDHNL.

He reiterated that interested parties can visit the CEDHNL offices located at 335 Cuauhtémoc Avenue, in downtown Monterrey.