Searching mother murdered in Jalisco: the government didn't protect her despite threats

On April 23, an armed group murdered María del Carmen Morales and her son in Tlajomulco, Jalisco. She was a member of the Guerreros Buscadores collective and was searching for another of her missing sons.

Although she had received threats, no authority provided her with protection.

Searching for the missing is a death sentence

The murder of María del Carmen and her son was not an isolated incident. It was an execution with a history. Since 2010, at least 28 searching mothers have been murdered in Mexico for trying to find their loved ones. The official response has been disdain, forgetfulness, and revictimization.

The Guerreros Buscadores collective demands justice, protection, and a real investigation. But neither the Jalisco Prosecutor's Office nor the federal government show signs of interest. Searching for a missing person in Mexico is signing a death sentence.

Sheinbaum remains silent on the murder of a searching mother

So far, President Claudia Sheinbaum hasn't made a single statement about the crime. While she boasts of "transformation" and a false feminism, women who truly fight for justice are executed. Her silence is not neutral: it's passive complicity.

The local Prosecutor's Office downplayed the case, dismissing without evidence that the murder is linked to her work. A reckless statement, without context or respect. A mother was murdered for not giving up, and the government was complicit by not protecting her.

Guaranteed impunity under an absent State

In this country, the cartels are in charge, and the government pretends. Justice doesn't arrive, security doesn't exist, and protection for the searchers is an empty promise.

There is no budget, no protocols, no political will. The State fails them twice: when their child disappears and when it lets them die. Meanwhile, Sheinbaum organizes "care" forums, the truly brave women are murdered for doing what the State refuses to do.

María del Carmen didn't die for being in the wrong place. She died for doing the right thing in a country where that is paid with blood. As long as there is no justice, no regime's speech will have value.

Each murdered mother is an open wound in the national memory. Each official silence, another betrayal.