They Demanded Tamales to Do Their Job! Search for Jonathan Estrada Exhibits Corruption of Authorities in Chiapas

Justice in exchange for food? In Chiapas, the search for missing persons is paid with tamales, and the case of Jonathan, a young man who disappeared in July 2023, was no exception. The Prosecutor’s Office asked Magdalena, the victim’s sister, about 30 tamales to “speed the search,” and boldly asked for 15 de mole and 15 de chipilín; and neither did they do their job. “Find him in the vicinity, find him in the hospitals, in the SEMEFOS, in the sh…