(17 Mar 2025)
1. Various procession of families in search of their children
2. Resident of Teuchitlán raises his hand in support of the families of the missing
3. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Paola, no last name given due to safety concerns, mother searcher from the Warriors Searchers collective who located the ranch:
"We are here because of this pain we have because of what we found, which is something very painful that we never expected to find. It’s a very strong pain, the things we found, the bones that we don’t know if they’re our children."
4. Various procession of families in search of their children, some carrying images of their loved ones
5. Purple and white ribbons placed on houses in the village as a sign of solidarity
6. SOUNDBITE (Spanish) Adriana Ornelas, Mothers Searchers of Jalisco collective:
"We are here out of the the same pain, for a common good, for the same cause of looking for our children and all of those we find (while searching) , and helping the families (of the disappeared) as also."
7. Various Mass being celebrated
8. Candle and flower for the missing
STORYLINE:
Groups of searchers for missing persons held a procession in the Mexican town of Teuchitlán, in the western state of Jalisco, on Sunday in protest of the remains found in a ranch previously known as a cartel training site.
Prosecutors last week confirmed the discovery of hundreds of clothing items and bone fragments by a group of people searching for relatives, exposing major shortcomings in the original investigation.
Sunday’s event included a Mass attended by families who carried images of missing loved ones.
Mexico’s official registry counts more than 120,000 disappeared people.
The discovery of such places has accelerated in the past 15 years as more relatives of the missing do the work the government often won’t to search for their missing loved ones.
In this case, it was the Jalisco Search Warriors group checking out a ranch in Teuchitlan, about 37 miles (60 kilometers) from Guadalajara that was found by National Guard troops last September.
At that time, authorities said 10 people were arrested, two hostages were freed, and a body was found.
They described it as a cartel training site.
The organizers of Sunday’s procession had planned to visit the Izaguirre ranch but decided against it for security reasons.
AP video by Diana de la Mora Márquez.
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