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February 21, 2025 -Mexican –
The body of Mexican journalist Jesús Alberto Camacho Rodríguez, missing since 2019, has finally been identified in a morgue in Culiacán, Sinaloa, where it had remained unclaimed for three years. Camacho’s remains were recovered in 2021 from a drainage canal and were held in the local forensic medical service without recognition until activists and forensic experts made the match in early 2025.
Camacho was a reporter from Hermosillo, Sonora, and had worked for multiple regional outlets, including El Imparcial, El Regional de Sonora, Extra de la Tarde, and Tribuna del Yaqui, covering crime and community news in areas like Ciudad Obregón and Cajeme. At the time of his disappearance, his case was never formally reported, a fact that underscores how vulnerable many journalists are in Mexico, especially those working locally without institutional backing.
The breakthrough in identifying his body came after the group Madres Buscadoras de Sonora—an organization of mothers searching for their missing children—published a list of unidentified bodies, compiled in cooperation with the Sinaloa state prosecutor’s office. Using fingerprint records cross-checked with Mexico’s national voter registry and with technology supported by the United Nations, forensic officials were able to confirm Camacho’s identity.
His case is just one of thousands in Mexico’s ongoing crisis of disappearances and press repression. More than 70,000 unidentified bodies are estimated to be in morgues across the country. Groups like Madres Buscadoras have taken on much of the burden of search and identification, often doing work that official agencies fail to carry out or delay.
Camacho’s death and the years-long delay in identifying him highlight serious deficiencies in the country’s system for protecting journalists and addressing enforced disappearances. His case also reinforces growing calls for reforms in investigative protocols, forensic identification systems, and journalist safety measures. Though belated, the confirmation of his fate brings some closure to those who had been seeking answers, and further exposes the deadly reality for members of the press in Mexico.
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