Two Mexican activists who publicized a grisly \u201cextermination camp\u201d linked to organized crime were killed on Thursday in Jalisco, according to Mexican authorities. <\/p>\n
The victims are Mar\u00eda del Carmen Morales and her son Jaime Daniel Ram\u00edrez Morales, both activists for the rights of missing people in Mexico. <\/p>\n
Morales is part of the Warrior Searchers of Jalisco, a group dedicated to finding missing people. Morales\u2019s son, Ernesto Juli\u00e1n Ram\u00edrez Morales, disappeared on February 24, 2024, in Las Villas de Tlajomulco, Jalisco according to the Warrior Searchers. <\/p>\n
In March, her group announced the discovery of the Izaguirre ranch – a site with secret crematoriums and buried human remains, believed to have been a criminal group\u2019s center of operations. The group labeled it an \u201cextermination camp,\u201d where criminals lured prospective recruits and held them against their will, though Mexican authorities have not used that term when discussing the property. <\/p>\n
\u201cBut that does not mean that it is not being investigated, all avenues must be exhausted\u201d, said Denis Rodr\u00edguez, spokesperson for the Jalisco Attorney\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n
At her morning briefing on Friday, President Claudia Sheinbaum said that the Mexican Undersecretary for Human Rights would reach out to the Morales family to offer them assistance and called for further investigation. <\/p>\n
\u201cThis must be thoroughly investigated,\u201d Sheinbaum said. \u201cThere can be no conclusion like \u2018it had nothing to do with [Morales\u2019s] work.\u2019 It must be thoroughly investigated.\u201d <\/p>\n
This is the second case in less than a month of people seeking justice for the disappearance of family members being killed in Jalisco. <\/p>\n
Teresa Gonz\u00e1lez died on April 2nd after six days in a hospital following a gun attack. According to the group Luz de Esperanza Desaparecidos Jalisco, which participated in the investigations at the Izaguirre ranch, Gonz\u00e1lez was attacked with a firearm during an attempted kidnapping. <\/p>\n
Gonz\u00e1lez was searching for her brother, who disappeared in February 2024 in Guadalajara, the second-largest city in Mexico and one of the areas where most people have disappeared in recent years in the country. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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