A mother who was looking for her missing son in the state of Guanajuato, central Mexico, was murdered this Tuesday in the San Miguel Octopan community, located in the municipality of Celaya, where her son José Luis disappeared in April 2020 and became a the first activist of her kind to lose her life this year.
Teresa Magueyal was a searching mother, as thousands of women who move around the country in the hope of finding their disappeared children are known in Mexico, and she was murdered in the same town of San Miguel Octopan where on April 6, His son disappeared in 2020, according to the search group for missing persons A Promise to Keep.
“Today another mother was murdered without knowing the whereabouts of her son,” the group said in a statement published on social networks.
“We condemn her cowardly murder and we demand that the authorities immediately investigate those responsible for this terrible act. We also ask that they guarantee reparation measures for her family and non-repetition mechanisms, because in Guanajuato the women we are looking for are not safe , they kill us in the light of day in public spaces and total impunity,” the statement added.
According to the first investigations, the attack occurred on the outskirts of a kindergarten in the San Miguel Octopan community and occurred at 11:00 a.m. local time (5:00 p.m. GMT), when Magueyal was located next to the school with the same name.
The woman was a member of the group that mourned her death and joined after the disappearance of her son José Luis Apaseo Magueyal, who was last seen on April 6, 2020, precisely in San Miguel Octopan.
According to records from various organizations, in the state of Guanajuato there are more than 3,500 disappeared.
In 2022, according to figures from the Mexican government, 5 activists searching for missing persons were murdered.
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