A prominent activist in the Mexican state of Sonora says she has found the remains of her son after years of searching.
Ceci Flores is the founder of the search collective Madres Buscadoras de Sonora, a group dedicated to searching for missing people in the Mexican state south of Arizona.
In a video on social media, Flores walks through the desert clutching a long, white bone.
“I wanted at least to find his complete body,” Flores says. “Unfortunately, I just found scattered bones.”
Flores says she will proceed with a DNA test to confirm that the remains found along a highway near the Sonoran capital of Hermosillo belong to her son who went missing in 2019.
Search collectives across Mexico often work off of tips or discoveries of personal effects to identify remains, which are then confirmed by local forensic services. Activists like Flores have long accused Mexican authorities of not doing enough to investigate disappearances, especially in cases of suspected cartel involvement.
The Madres Buscadoras are one of several search collectives in the state of Sonora that comb the region for remains of disappeared people.
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