Searching mothers find human remains and a fetus in an Ecatepec canal used as a grave

Searching mothers found human remains and the body of a baby in the Cartagena Canal, in the municipality of Ecatepec, State of Mexico. The discovery was made during a search day led by the collectives "Ehécatl" and "Mariposas Buscando Corazones y Justicia Social."

The remains were in plain sight: two torsos, limbs, and a fetus with the umbilical cord. The canal runs through high-density areas, between the Luis Donaldo Colosio and Playa de las Golondrinas neighborhoods, on the borders with Coacalco. The collectives reported that this place already functions as a tolerated clandestine grave.

The State already had records, but didn't act

Last February, SAPASE system workers also found human remains in that same area. The authorities knew about it, but they didn't cordon off, investigate, or increase surveillance.
They allowed the canal to continue functioning as a blind spot for dumping bodies.

The pattern repeats: a corpse is discovered, there is official silence waiting for it to be forgotten.
This time the discovery of a baby in those conditions broke the information barrier. The images of the discovery circulated on social media and in the press. Pressuring the Prosecutor's Office.

The mothers do the State's work

The State of Mexico Prosecutor's Office opened an investigation file. It promised to identify the victims and establish the causes of death. So far, there are no results and the canal remains unaddressed.

The collectives demanded real institutional presence, not just protocols on paper. They accuse that they have requested federal intervention and permanent surveillance, but they get no response.  Meanwhile, the searches continue with their own resources and without security guarantees.

Total impunity, zero justice

The constant presence of human remains in the canal. Demonstrates the level of system decomposition.

Violence has surpassed the institutions, making abandonment the norm. Ecatepec is one of the municipalities with the most disappearances in the country... also one of the most ignored.

The body of a baby in a contaminated canal says it all. It wasn't an isolated crime. It was a brutal warning of what happens when the State no longer wants to look.
Justice, like the bodies, continues to float in abandonment, and the authorities are overwhelmed.