‘We’re Dead in Life’: Searching Moms Protest Their Missing on Mothers’ Day · Global Voices

Thousands of mothers marched this Saturday, in the framework of Mothers’ Day in Mexico, to demand truth, justice and reparation for the more than 127 thousand disappeared in the country. In their claim they also pronounced themselves because they did not disappear or murder the people who are engaged in the search for their loved ones. “We are dead in life, we do not know the food, we do not know the life,” confess Hector and Teresa Águila, a co…

The Guerreras Buscadoras collective of Guaymas and Empalme joined the national unification march held on May 10 in memory of the disappeared. Cinthia Rodríguez, leader of the collective, reported that the peaceful march began at 5:00 p.m. from the Obelisco and Avenida Serdán, until reaching the monument located in the Plaza de la Madre, in that place they placed candles in honor of the disappeared. "We had a small vigil in memory and in honor of…

PBI-Mexico accompanies the March of National Dignity: Mothers Searching for their Sons, Daughters, Truth and Justice - Peace Brigades International-Canada

PBI-Mexico has posted: “Mexico for #Mother’s Day, searching mothers gather across the country demanding justice and truth for the thousands of disappearances faced by Mexico. From @PBI_Mexico we accompanied marches and rallies in Mexico City, Morelia and Cuernavaca.” The Spanish news agency EFE reports: “Thousands of mothers marched this Saturday, as part of Mother's Day

Thousands of Mexicans marched this Saturday, in the framework of Mothers’ Day, to demand truth, justice and reparation for the more than 127 thousand disappeared in the country and not to disappear or kill the people who are engaged in the search for their loved ones. “We are dead in life, we don’t know food, we don’t know life,” confess Héctor and Teresa Águila, a couple who have been looking for their son for two years, a 27-year-old boy who d…

In the march, families who have carried more than four presidential six-year-olds—from former president Felipe Calderón (2006-2012) to the current one—were waiting for a response from the Mexican state, and recognize that “the issue of human rights is very slow.” Editor’s AN/AG Thousands of mothers marched this Saturday, Mother’s Day, to demand truth, justice and reparation for the more than 127 thousand missing in the country and that people wh…

This Saturday, while many families celebrate Mothers’ Day, María García, resident of La Villita, chose to spend it in a different way: visiting the tomb of her daughter, Perla Andrade, who died run over by a truck at Interstate 55 in Bolingbrook almost two years ago. “And for me, because she has not died, because I always have it in my heart,” she said moved. Perla, who was also the mother of two children, lost her life in a tragic accident that…