On Saturday morning, the death of Rosario Ibarra de Piedra was announced, at the age of 95, as announced by the National Human Rights Commission of Mexico (CNDH), an institution headed by Rosario Piedra Ibarra, daughter of Mrs. Rosario.
“The CNDH regrets the sensitive death of the social activist, Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, mother of our president, Claudia, Carlos and Jesus this morning in the city of Monterrey, Nuevo León,” the agency said on its official Twitter account.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) also mourned the death of Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, who was suffering from health conditions.
From his fifth located in Palenque, Chiapas, López Obrador sent a message on his social networks, where he publicized the fact and expressed solidarity with his children, family and friends.
“Bad news: Mrs. Rosario Ibarra de Piedra died, who will always remind us of the deepest love for children and solidarity with those who suffer from the disappearance of their loved ones. That was his real match even though he admired Giordano Bruno,” AMLO wrote.
In a second message, López Obrador said: “She supported us at all times and I will never forget that my mother voted for her to be president of the Republic. I embrace his children and his many followers and friends,” wrote the head of the federal executive.
Born on February 23, 1927 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Rosario Ibarra de Piedra was a staunch human rights activist and defender of the disappeared for four decades, as well as presidential candidate and senator of the Republic.
He ventured into political and social activism after the disappearance of his son Jesús Piedra Ibarra, who was a student at the Autonomous University of Nuevo Leon (UANL) and allegedly a member of the September 23 Communist League, a clandestine armed group; and who disappeared in the 1970s, during the so-called “dirty war” in Mexico, a period in which the government - through the Army - repressed, arrested, disappeared and killed political opponents, guerrillas and citizens.
Following the disappearance of her son, she founded the Committee for the Defense of Prisoners, Persecuted Persons, Missing Persons and Political Exiles (Eureka), through which she helped hundreds of people who went through a situation similar to hers.
She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize four times: 1986, 1987, 1989 and 2006. But also, her role as a human rights defender led her to venture into politics.
She was the presidential candidate (the first woman in Mexico) of the late Revolutionary Workers Party (PRT) in the 1982 elections, which Miguel de la Madrid won, and also in the 1988 elections, won by Carlos Salinas de Gortari, so after the latter's victory, she joined the protests that claimed, she had committed a fraud against Cuauhtémoc Cardenas.
In 1985 she served as a federal deputy and in 2006 as a senator of the Labour Party.
In July 2019, the Chamber of Deputies awarded him the “Eduardo Neri and Legislators Medal of 1913″ for Civic Merit, which is awarded to citizens who have distinguished themselves by serving the community, the Republic and humanity, standing out for their civic, political or legislative acts.
That same year, the Senate awarded him the Belisario Domínguez medal, Mexico's highest civilian recognition, but he was unable to attend the ceremony due to health problems, so he received his daughter, the current head of the Human Rights Commission (CNDH), Rosario Piedra Ibarra.
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