Mexico: Mothers of Disappeared Migrants “Looking for Life on Roads of Death”

XII Mothers of Disappeared Migrants Caravan, Comitan de Dominguez, Chiapas, November, 2016. Photo@SIPAZ

On November 15, the XII Caravan of Central American Mothers entered Mexico to search for their missing children. The Caravan will pass through 11 states and 30 localities that the mothers who make up the twelfth caravan will tour from November 15 to December 3, 2016, called “We Look for Life on the Roads of Death” in memory of comrade Berta Caceres.

On November 15, delegations from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador met at La Mesilla border in the Guatemalan department of Huehuetenango to enter Mexican territory and cover part of the migratory route in search of traces of their children. The press release explains: “This year we have decided to move along new routes. The point of entry marks the beginning of a route that, although not new, has been growing since the plans for containment and detention of the Southern Border Plan, which has forced transit through the territory to blur increasing the risks and threats during the trip”.

Under the auspices of the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement and supported by a large network of Mexican and international humanitarian organizations, the caravan seeks to make the absence of thousands of Central Americans who have been disappearing in Mexico for decades visible.

For more information in Spanish:

COMUNICADO: Caravana de Madres de Migrantes Desaparecidos 2016, Movimiento Migrante Mesoamericano, 8 de noviembre de 2016

Ingresa a México caravana de madres migrantes, El Universal, 15 de noviembre de 2016

11 estados en 19 días: Así será el viaje de madres de migrantes desaparecidos por México, Animal Político, 12 de noviembre de 2016

Ingresa a México la Caravana de Madres de migrantes desaparecidos (Proceso, 15 de noviembre de 2016)

Ingresa a México la doceava Caravana de Madres Centroamericanas (La Jornada, 15 de noviembre de 2016)

Madres de desaparecidos en México y Centroamérica “hermanan” su dolor en Hemiciclo a Juárez (Proceso, 24 de noviembre de 2016)

For more information from SIPAZ:

Oaxaca/Nacional: Viacrucis del Migrante exige derecho de refugio para migrantes (31/03/2016)

Nacional/Internacional: WOLA presentó nuevo informe: “Siguen violaciones a Derechos Humanos de migrantes” (19 de noviembre de 2015)

México: 5 años de la masacre de 72 migrantes en San Fernando, Tamaulipas (26 de agosto de 2015)

Nacional/internacional: La CIDH expresa su preocupación ante el endurecimiento de las autoridades mexicanas hacia los migrantes y sus defensores en la frontera Sur (17 de junio de 2015)