Urgent Search Mechanism to Locate Missing Persons

In cases where the whereabouts of a person are unknown, any judicial authority may be requested, by third parties and without the need for any mandate, to immediately carry out an urgent search. In cases where the search must be carried out in places falling outside its jurisdiction, the judicial authority requests the collaboration of other judges or prosecutors through a mandate communicated immediately by telephone, so that physical receipt of the documents is not necessary for such authorities to begin the search. If a person whose whereabouts are located was deprived of their liberty by a public servant, the judicial officer order theirs transfer to the nearest detention centre and, if competent, starts the process of habeas corpus. If a person whose whereabouts are located was held by private individuals or in a private place, the competent authority proceeds to their rescue.