Forensic Teams Are in a Hurry, but the Mothers Are Not: Searchers Find Remains in an Area that Has Already Been Examined by Forensic Teams
Searching mothers find remains where State forensic teams have reported nothing.
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EZLN Recognizes Struggle of Searching Mothers and Families in Mexico; Criticizes Impunity in the Face of Demands for Justice
Captain Marcos highlighted the challenge of the searchers’ work in a communiqué.
Death of Searching Mother, Teresa González Murillo, Confirmed
On the morning of April 2nd, the Luz de Esperanza Desaparecidos Jalisco (Jalisco Disappeared Light of Hope) collective reported the death of Teresa González Murillo on social media, who had been searching for her brother Jaime González Murillo since September 2nd, 2024. The searcher was the victim of a shooting in her own home on March 27th, 2025, when she resisted being taken by force. Mexico has now witnessed 12 murders and one disappearance of relatives of missing persons.
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Mexico, a Mass Grave, a Deep Pain
”The example of the searching mothers is the example of the women in Veracruz, of the indigenous women in Acteal and Polhó, and the Zapatista women of Oventik, La Garrucha, and La Realidad. Today, searching mothers should always be heard by the political authorities, yet they wander alone searching for graves, looking for the slightest clue that leads them to their living relatives, or even to know if they left any trace.”
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Mexican Searchers Request State Protection in Search for Disappeared from Inter-American Commission
Almost 22,000 people went missing in Mexico last year, an average of 60 people per day. The search for missing loved ones can also result in disappearance or death. 22 searchers have been murdered since 2010.