In Mexico’s election, candidates grapple with the search for the missing
Al JazeeraWith voters set to choose a new president, the families of the disappeared reflect on the legacy of outgoing leader Lopez Obrador. Every year on Mother’s Day, the families of the “disappeared” join with activists and concerned citizens to march through the streets of the capital, demanding answers in the tens of thousands of unsolved cases. “So I am a mom who has searched for Lilith with her own resources.” A president’s promise Lopez Obrador was voted into office six years ago, in July 2018, after campaigning on the promise of seeking justice for missing persons. But critics say Lopez Obrador has tried to cast doubt on those statistics, by conducting a new government census to suss out “false” disappearances. “There are women who suffer the absence of their children.” But critics point out that Galvez’s political coalition, Strength and Heart, includes the PRI — the same party that faced criticism for mishandling the Ayotzinapa case before Lopez Obrador’s term.
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