"No doubt, disappearances are a humanitarian consequence of the violence," says coordinator of the ICRC missing persons program Jannet Carmona. According to official figures, more than 120,000 people have gone missing in Mexico since 2007, a complex situation that the authorities "have always wanted to deny, hide, lied and falsified evidence," says researcher at the Centre for Research and Higher Studies in Social Anthropology (CIESAS), Elena Azaola. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES