Mexico Mothers Of Missing March Held On Mother's Day (PHOTOS)

MEXICO CITY -- Dozens of Mexican women have spent the day on which their country celebrates mothers by demanding that authorities find their missing sons and daughters – most whom have disappeared in drug-torn regions.

About 300 mothers and other relatives of missing victims traveled from other states to Mexico City on Thursday to march along the capital's main avenue on Mother's Day. The protesters chanted, "They took them alive, and alive we want them."

Mexico's government doesn't release statistics on disappeared victims in the armed offensive against drug cartels.

But the Mexico investigator for the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights says more than 5,000 Mexicans have filed missing-person reports with police in a nation where many people don't trust authorities enough to file such reports.

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• A banner shows ink drawings of missing people at the National March for Dignity on the day Mexicans celebrate el Dia de La Madre or Mother's Day, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Mothers and other relatives of persons gone missing in the fight against drug cartels and organized crime are demanding that authorities locate their loved ones. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

• A man and a woman hold an image symbolizing a kidnapped person at the National March for Dignity on the day Mexicans celebrate el Dia de La Madre or Mother's Day, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

• A woman holds a banner showing a picture of a missing relative in the National March for Dignity on the day Mexicans celebrate el Dia de La Madre or Mother's Day, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

• A woman wipes away tears as she holds a picture of her missing son in the National March for Dignity on the day Mexicans celebrate el Dia de La Madre or Mother's Day, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

• People shout slogans holding posters of missing relatives in the National March for Dignity on the day Mexicans celebrate el Dia de La Madre or Mother's Day, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

• A woman holds part of a banner showing pictures of missing persons in the National March for Dignity on the day Mexicans celebrate el Dia de La Madre or Mother's Day, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

• A woman holds a banner showing images of missing persons in the National March for Dignity on the day Mexicans celebrate El Dia de La Madre or Mother's Day, in Mexico City, Thursday, May 10, 2012. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)

Comments

[holyghostie]

04:14 PM on 05/12/2012

http://www.immigrationshumancost.org/text/crimevictims_2.html

I share their pain

[Maggie K]

11:45 AM on 05/14/2012

How is this related to the article.

[Duderin0]

02:24 PM on 05/11/2012

Not to sound careless but only people that misteriously disappear in Mexico is because they have ties to the narco world, even if their moms don't know or acknowledge it.

[nevaehs mama]

04:02 PM on 05/11/2012

common sense would tell you that thats a false statment you just made. most young women that go missing in mexico (especially in juarez) arent narco related. the culture in mexico is different than in america. men have the upperhand, and if they want a young bride, regardless of whether the woman wants them, they will have her.

[Duderin0]

04:58 PM on 05/11/2012

Common sense would tell you that thats a dumb statment you just made. I am talking about the entire country overall, not just about one city like you are talking about, the Juarez missing women are a special case in deed.

[Arturo Ramrez]

11:11 AM on 05/12/2012

Well, you are sounding careless, you can't judge until you know, and even if they had ties to the narco world, it's the state's responsibility to investigate those disappearances.

[holyghostie]

12:41 PM on 05/11/2012

Did they check Texas?

[Dr JohnS]

06:07 PM on 05/11/2012

With your attitude and so many other so called Americans I really wonder why any one would want to come the USA. It might be in your best interest to start a fund raiser to have the statue of Liberty torn down, god forbid if anyone took it serious.

[spytheweb]

11:18 PM on 05/11/2012

The statue of Liberty was not put up as a symbol of a free pass for illegal aliens.

[inthedesert]

07:52 PM on 05/12/2012

I think the Statue of Liberty stands for America AND her laws.