A member of the Mothers Seekers Collective of Sonora disappeared 10 days ago while looking for her son

On March 11, Angelica Janeth Armenta Quintero's family lost contact with her. According to information shared in an interview with Mothers Seekers of Sonora, Angelica disappeared after going out to search for her son, in Cajeme, Sonora. On the night of Friday, March 18, the Alba Sonora Protocol was activated, a preventive and reactive mechanism for the immediate search for women.

The Collective Mothers Seekers of Sonora announced that it was not until two days after that her family discovered her absence and began tracing and contacted the collective with whom the woman had had contact after the disappearance of your son a week earlier. According to one of the mothers who are members of the collective, Angelica would have disappeared after going out to look for her son.

For its part, on March 14, the Attorney General's Office of the State of Sonora confirmed the receipt of the corresponding complaint. However, through her Twitter account, the institution rejected that there was a complaint by her regarding the disappearance of her son.

“When reviewing our databases, there was no complaint or report that Angelica Janeth had any missing children. Investigations are maintained.” On the other hand, the Seeker mothers have pointed out that Janeth disappeared while searching for her 19-year-old son, Yair Caro.

The absence of women has left a profound mark on her family, which is currently facing the disappearance of two relatives. In addition, Armenta Quintero has another son, who depends because of his disability.

“She left her son alone, in fact he has a disability, he depends 100% on his mother, when they found him the child was in a tremendous crisis,” said a member of the collective.

The Seeking Mothers of Sonora made available a number to report any information that may be allowed to give their whereabouts: 6623415616.

As of November 26, 2021, the last day of the United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearance CED's visit to Mexico, 95,000 people were officially registered as missing in Mexico. Forced disappearance in the country is a continuing phenomenon that has left havoc in most of Mexico's territory.

Faced with the problem, civil groups have arisen looking for their missing relatives. Such is the case of Seeking Mothers of Sonora. At the beginning of February of this year, ministerial authorities counted the remains of at least eight bodies that were buried in a clandestine grave. This is after the grave was located by the collective of Mothers Seekers of Sonora.

After five days of processing at the Santa Ana site, Sonora, two more deposits of burials of organized crime were analyzed, adding up to five incomplete bones and bone parts that could correspond to three people, according to opinions of the Archaeologist and forensic physician.

Subsequently, from February 28 to March 5, the Seeking Mothers of Sonora carried out work where they reported the discovery of 71 bodies in Jalisco. The mothers of the collective have indicated that they do not seek justice or guilty parties, only to have their children back, so they have repeatedly demanded that the Public Prosecutor's Offices and Authorities carry out their duties.

It should be noted that the collective has already suffered various threats, including the murder of one of its members.

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