Dozens of mothers and advocates representing Mexico's many collectives of missing persons took to the streets of Mexico City on Mother's Day, not to celebrate but to demand justice. For the 13th year in a row, the Marcha de la Dignidad Nacional called on the federal government to stop the violence against search efforts and to confront the country's crisis of forced disappearances.
Chanting "¿Dónde están? ¡Nuestros hijos, dónde están?", the marchers made their way along Paseo de la Reforma—from the Monument to Mothers to the emblematic Angel of Independence—bearing photos of the children they've spent years trying to find. Their message: they are not giving up, and the state must stop turning a blind eye.
