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One third of all missing persons in Brazil are teenage minors

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - In December, Lucas, Alexander, and Fernando went out to play in the streets of Rio de Janeiro and never returned. They are part of the 30% of teenage minors missing in Brazil when the International Day of Missing Children is commemorated.

Data recorded by several official entities indicate that the whereabouts of some 80,000 people are unknown in Brazil. Of this total, it is estimated that more than 36% are minors, mostly adolescents.

Brazil does not have a detailed, unified and updated national list of disappearances making searches difficult. It prevents the true reality in . . .

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