FOUND Project - Using Technology to Search and Remember

FOUND

Interpretar la Naturaleza para Encontrar a Quienes nos Faltan

Using technology to

124,354 persons are reported as disappeared in Mexico. Behind each case there is a family searching for answers. FOUND combines technology with the knowledge of searching families to learn, locate, and drive systemic change.

Technologies in Action

  • Multispectral & Hyperspectral Imaging
  • Airborne LiDAR
  • Seismic Noise Interferometry (TIRSA)
  • Electrical Resistivity Tomography, Conductivimetry Measurements
  • Satellite Spectral Analysis
  • Forensic Entomology, Botany, Territorial Analysis, Soil Science

The Role of Buscadoras

Women-led collectives are at the heart of FOUND's work. They have reshaped the national conversation on disappearance and justice. Their search practices, born from lived experience, are vital forensic knowledge. Alongside them, FOUND listens, learns, and incorporates their methods into our technological efforts.

Buscadoras hands with plants symbolising hope and remembrance

Institutional Partnerships

Search Collectives
Leadership, field expertise
Executive Office of the UN Secretary-General
International collaboration
UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
Policy, Funding, Partnerships
CentroGeo
Co-lead, Technical expertise
University of Guadalajara (UdeG)
Technical expertise, Experimental sites
Colombian Search Unit (UBPD)
Casework, Technical exchange
Mexico’s National Search Commission
National coordination
British Embassy in Mexico City
Funding, Coordination support
Oxford Festival of the Arts
Oxford Forum partner
University of Bath
Technical expertise, Oxford Forum partner
British Association for Forensic Anthropology
Forensic expertise
Comisión de Búsqueda de Jalisco
Technical expertise, Coordination
University of Oxford
Co-lead, Technical expertise
Mexico’s Science and Technology Secretariat
Funding, Policy impact
UNAM – Geophysics
Technical expertise
UNAM – Engineering
Technical expertise
Frontier Tech Hub
Funding, Technical expertise
DT Global
Funding, Technical expertise
UPZMG
Experimental site
UWE Bristol
Funding, Technical expertise