The so-called Caravan of Central American Mothers returned this Monday to the migratory routes of our country in search of their children and relatives who disappeared throughout Mexico during their attempts to reach the United States.
After two years of stopping activities, the group made up of 37 women and eight men, crossed the Tecún Umán-Ciudad Hidalgo international border bridge, to enter the state of Chiapas on foot from Guatemala, an entity where the search for their relatives will begin by four entities .
Upon entering Mexican territory, the members of this Caravan launched slogans such as “they came alive, we want them alive” or “why are we looking for them? Because we love them.”
These Central American women, who on many occasions have not heard from their loved ones for at least a decade, went to the Miguel Hidalgo central park for the Bicentennial in Tapachula, Chiapas, where they held a demonstration.
It is expected that today they will travel to Tuxtla Gutiérrez, to place a floral offering at the site where 56 migrants lost due to the overturning of a trailer. Along his route, he will seek meetings with some of the disappeared children and their mothers, as well as meetings with authorities.
The caravan of migrant mothers looking for their disappeared children will carry out protest and search actions until May 10 under the slogan “we have never left.”
Talía Vázquez Alatorre, president of the Mesoamerican Migrant Movement in Mexico, announced that, over a decade, it is estimated that the caravan of mothers has found 316 sons and daughters alive, while underlining the ordeal suffered by migrants in their transit through the country, as they face organized crime, immigration policies.
Thus, these women and men will be present at strategic points along the migratory route with photos of their relatives accompanying them, demanding to be heard and asking the authorities for a safe migration.
The mothers will tour the states of Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz and Mexico City.