I collaborated on the Plataforma Ciudadana de Fosas (Citizen Platform on Mass Graves), which was launched online on September 14, 2021. It is a tool that compiles public information on the finding of clandestine graves in Mexico:

• records from state attorney general’s offices and the Attorney General’s Office of the Republic obtained through public information requests and litigation; and
• national and local press reports.

I was responsible for designing and implementing the methodology to systematize public information requests to state prosecutor’s offices, which enabled the creation of one of the databases that fed into the project. This platform sought to address the lack of information on discoveries of clandestine graves in Mexico. Despite the law stipulates that there should be a public version of the National Registry of Mass Graves, maintained by the Attorney General’s Office and state prosecutor’s offices, it does not yet exist.

This platform combines the three sources of information into a database that was used to run machine learning models, with the goal of identifying municipalities with a high probability of clandestine mass grave discoveries.

Update 2026: Although I am no longer involved in the project, the platform is still online and continues to be updated.