As much of the public conversation focuses on the Trump administration deporting hundreds of migrants to El Salvador's CECOT maximum security prison -- which some human rights groups have labeled "enforced disappearances" -- family members of Central Americans who have disappeared inside Mexico while making the journey to the U.S. are also voicing their frustrations, but at the Mexican government for what they see as lack of cooperation.
"It's been a difficult experience because the authorities appear to offer support, but in reality they don't help at all," Elizabeth Castañeda, a mother from El Salvador, told The Latin Times. "Our children, when they pass through Mexican territory, are discriminated against."
