More than 134,000 disappeared in Mexico, as many in Gaza…the pattern of displacement and disappearance, the battle waged on life itself, is the outcome of a system that would turn us all into a number.
In the face of this, families and collectives build monuments to truth and memory. Their presence defies oblivion, their solidarity defends life.
Despite pretending to tend to the grievances of people seeking loved ones, mothers call the bluff of the current government.
For the occasion of International Day of the Disappeared, the Madres en Resistencia collective is calling on the families of victims of disappearance in Chiapas to march on August 30 at 4 p.m.
Collective complains of simulation in searches for people in Chiapas READ MORE »
After 5 years, the creation of a Citizens’ Council to accompany the prosecutor’s office finally spurs action in the search for 1563 missing persons, a number which has multiplied in the state with the rise of organized crime.
Located in the Lomas de Axotitla neighborhood, known as El Queso, it is considered a hotspot in the Álvaro Obregón municipality, where more than 300 people have disappeared.
It Took Four Years for Searching Mothers to Gain Access to Barranca de Tarango READ MORE »
In Chiapas, families who are missing loved ones insist that citizens apply pressure to the State if any justice is to be found.
Madres Buscadoras of Chiapas Demand the Creation of a Citizen’s Council READ MORE »
