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Rosario Lilián Rodríguez Barraza was found dead after being kidnapped on Tuesday night at the exit of a mass in honor of her son, whose whereabouts have been unknown for almost three years. The activist, involved in family organizations that track her children, was the target of threats and harassment for her campaign. The state governor, who described her as a “tireless fighter”, warned that they will initiate an investigation so that this “cunning crime” does not go unpunished.
On Wednesday, August 31, the Sinaloa authorities reported the murder of Rosario Lilián Rodríguez Barraza, an activist mother who undertook the search for her missing son in 2019.
Part of Corazones sin Justicia, the woman was a reference within the groups of relatives who try to clarify the whereabouts of their loved ones. She was a target of criminal gangs, who frequently harassed her in this period and even tried to take her other said of her.
On the night of last Tuesday, the 44-year-old woman was kidnapped in the municipality of La Cruz de Elota, in the northern Mexican state, at the exit of a mass in tribute to her son Fernando Abixahy Ramírez.
Rosario Rodríguez was kidnapped by force and driven in a white truck by armed men when she was on her way home, detailed the organization Where the disappeared go. Later, her body was found lifeless near the town’s bridge.
The event took place precisely on the International Day of the Victims of Forced Disappearance, a day marked by mobilizations in different parts of the country, and hours after a meeting between relatives of victims and the governor, Rubén Rocha Moya.
I deeply regret the murder of Rosario Rodríguez Barraza, a tireless fighter like many other Sinaloan women who are looking for their loved ones.
– Rubén Rocha Moya (@rochamoya_) August 31, 2022
Like civil entities, the official expressed his sorrow through Twitter, where he said that he “deeply regretted the murder” of the woman, whom he praised as “a tireless fighter like many other Sinaloan women who are looking for their loved ones.”
“At the security table we take measures to carry out a thorough investigation to find those guilty of such a cunning crime,” he added.
The Sinaloa Prosecutor’s Office labeled the case as femicide, reported state deputy prosecutor Dámaso Castro. “It is a priority to clarify the death of Mrs. Rosario because she is a woman and also part of an extremely vulnerable group such as searchers for missing persons,” he said in a statement.
Two weeks ago, Rosario had published a video reproaching the inaction of the authorities in clarifying Fernando’s whereabouts. “Whoever took my son is detained in San Luis Río Colorado and the Prosecutor’s Office tells me that nothing can be done,” she pointed out in the recording released by the group Until Finding Them.
In the complaint, he says that he filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office that included videos as evidence and witnesses, but did not have positive responses.
Since 1964, more than 105,000 civilians have disappeared in Mexico, according to data from the National Registry of Disappeared Persons. However, the search groups assure that the figure is much higher.
with local media
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