What should have been a joyous and relaxing Mexican Mother’s Day — celebrated annually on May 10 — was instead tinged with grief and desperation for a group of moms and other family members of Chicago gun violence victims who gathered in North Lawndale on Tuesday to call on police for justice and more resources devoted to pursuing unsolved killings.
“For Mother’s Day we’re asking for a present, and that present will be justice,” said Baltazar Enriquez, president of the Little Village Community Council.
