Digging for closure, Mexican mothers search for disappeared loved ones
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Mexico’s drug war has left tens of thousands of casualties in secret graves. About 60,000 people have disappeared since 2006. While defying the threats of gangs and criminal organizations, the mothers of the missing are now searching for their relatives, no longer waiting for the government to fulfill promises.
In this episode:
John Holman (@johnholman100), Al Jazeera English journalist covering Latin America.
For more:
More than 61,000 missing in Mexico amid spiralling drug violence
Warrior Hounds: The Mexican women searching for their disappeared
Mexico drug war: Victims' families look for relatives' bodies
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