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May 11, 2021

Mother's Day Marchers Demand Mexican Government Take Action to Find Missing Children
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In Mexico City, hundreds of mothers whose children have been disappeared
led a massive march Monday to commemorate Mother's Day and to urge the
government to take immediate action against violence and to find missing
people. Since the U.S.-backed war on drugs was unleashed in Mexico in
2006, over 85,000 people have disappeared. This is Marisol Esquivel, one
of the mothers.

Marisol Esquivel: "The government never told me, 'Marisol, I am sorry
for what happened to you.' They have never apologized to us. They are
the ones responsible for allowing this situation to continue escalating.
The statistics of missing people go up every day. In Guanajuato and
Celaya, 531 people disappeared in 2020."



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