After nearly seven months of institutional silence, the authorities confirmed the discovery of the bodies of Sandra Domínguez and her husband, Alexander Hernández, in clandestine graves in Santiago Sochiapan, Veracruz. The couple had disappeared in October 2024 in Oaxaca, but their search was ignored by both the state and federal governments, which chose to downplay the case rather than face the political cost.
The discovery, made on April 24, confirms a brutal reality: in Mexico, defending human rights remains a death sentence.
Sandra Domínguez was a renowned indigenous lawyer and defender of women and indigenous peoples. She was under threat since she denounced networks of institutional violence, but neither her track record nor her social work was enough for the authorities to activate real protection measures.
Official simulation in the face of activists' murder
Since their disappearance, the authorities replied with bureaucratic procedures, slowness, and disinterest. They repeated the pattern of omission that Morena has normalized throughout the country.
