The exact place where my then-partner and I were kidnapped from. Close to Parres, Mexico City.
Ivonne's brother was taken in Chilpancingo in 2013. Her mother died without seeing her son again. Chilpancingo, Gro.
Ivonne. Juan, her brother was taken by organized crime. Chilpancingo, Gro.
A room in "La Gallera", an extermination camp. The house and its surroundings were used as a "safe house" (a place to keep drugs and kidnapped people) by Los Zetas between 2009 and 2015. Tihuatlán, Ver.
Hilda and Cheli’s brother Rafael was unlawfully arrested by the Mexican Army in 1976 in the state of Guerrero. He is still missing. Atoyac, Gro.
Justinas husband, Abelardo, was the relative and right hand of a guerrilla leader named Lucio Cabañas. Abelardo was unlawfully arrested by government and vanish El Conchero in 1974. Mexico City.
The last remaining photograph of Alberto Mesino, who is missing since 1973. Atoyac, Gro.
In the 1970s, soldiers broke into Quirina's home in El Ticuí and threatened her family. They took her brother Cirino, who has been missing ever since. El Tic, Gro.
Gloria's husband, Santiago, was unlawfully arrested and disappeared by the army. El Ticuí, Gro.
María. After the government suspected her father, Maurilio, was a militant of the guerrilla of Atoyac, he was unlawfully and arbitrarily arrested by the Mexican army in 1974. He has been missing ever since. San Juan de las Flores, Gro.
The great-granddaughters of Rosendo Radilla and Diógenes Hernández play in the rain. Both children's great-grandfathers were unlawfully and arbitrarily arrested by the by the Mexican army in 1974. Their families have been greatly involved in both the search of their loved ones and in demonstrating that the government committed such crimes. Santiago de la Unión, Gro.
A fake gun, one of many toys found in a “safe house” in Tihuatlán where a gang kept its victims. The remains of a child were found buried in the back of the house. Tihuatlán, Ver.
Claudio Cabañas shows her father's ID below a portrait of his great-grandfather's family. The Cabañas family has approximately 150 missing members, all victims of unlawful and arbitrary detentions and kidnappings committed by the Mexican Army and the Federal Intelligence Agency (DFS). Atoyac, Gro.
Dulce. In 2018 her husband, Miguel, left his home in San Martín Texmelucan and never returned. Three days later, Miguel's taxi was found with blood stains and empty bottles, but with no trace of him. San Martin Texmelucan, Pue.
Pablo. The brother of Lucio Cabañas, he was unlawfully and arbitrarily detained by the Mexican army in 1974. He was taken to a clandestine jail, where he was tortured and held as a prisoner for two years. Mexico City.
Tino shows a photograph of his mother and the only remaining image of his father. After the government suspected he was a militant of the guerrilla of Atoyac, Tino's father was unlawfully and arbitrarily arrested by the Mexican army in 1974. He has been missing ever since. Tino's family was forcibly displaced along with 80 other people from his hometown, Rio Chiquito. Atoyac, Gro.
Onoria. Her husband was taken by organized crime. Chilpancingo, Gro.
Laura's altar to her son Jesus on Day of the Dead. Jesus was taken by organized crime after leaving his house in Guerrero to work in Puebla; he was 16 years old. Chilpancingo, Gro.
Monica. Her 17 year old brother is missing. She was forcibly displaced to the U.S.A. after suffering attacks and persecution by Mexican authorities and cartels. Conceled, U.S.A.
Socorro in front of a safe house. Socorro's son, a lawyer named Jonathan, has been missing since 2018, when he was unlawfully and arbitrarily detained by the police in Acapulco. The building pictured behind Socorro was used by a local cartel to keep kidnapped people. In September 2023, a group of relatives of missing people lead by Socorro located 17 mutilated corpses in the surroundings of the house. The "T"-shaped tool she's holding is used to check the earth's smell to locate buried remains. Carabalí, Guerrero.
Ximena. Her father, a garbage truck driver, was abducted by organized crime in 2018. He has been missing ever since. Her neighborhood is one of the poorest and most violent of Chilpancingo, the capital city of Guerrero. Chilpancingo, Gro.
Signals left in the jungle in Acapulco, pointing to a clandestine mass grave. Acapulco, Gro.
The ruins of a textile factory. From here, "death flights" are known to have flown away. Helicopters flew to the sea and threw the victims into the ocean inside sacks filled with stones. Similar "death flights" happened all over Latin America during the military dictatorships of the 70’s. El Ticui, Gro.
Miguel Angel has seven brothers. Four are missing. For more than 10 years, Miguel Angel has dedicated his life to looking for clandestine mass graves where his brothers might be buried. Rancho Nuevo, Ver.
Santiago. Two of his brothers are missing. San Martin de las Flores, Gro.
Mama Gregoria. Her son in law, Abelardo, is missing. For a year she was held captive and enslaved in her own house by the army when more than 500 soldiers occupied her town. San Martin de las Flores, Gro.
Jovita. Her son has been missing since 1973, when he was unlawfully and arbitrarily detained by the Mexican army. During the 70's and 80's she took part in most of the major demonstrations and hunger strikes for the missing. She claims she was never afraid of the perpetrators of such crimes. Today, Jovita keeps attending rallies and demonstrations, asking for justice even after 50 years. Acapulco, Gro.
Irene Cabañas. In 1974, she was detained and disappeared along with her sister and other members of her family. She was taken to a clandestine prison in downtown Mexico City, where she was tortured, abused and released months later, after the assassination of Lucio Cabañas. Mexico City.
Bartola. Her town, El Salto Chiquito, was destroyed by the Mexican army in 1972; her brother, a barber, was unlawfully and arbitrarily arrested by soldiers in 1973. He has been missing ever since. Atoyac, Gro.
José's bed. He's been missing since 2018. Despite her age, Minita, José's 74-year-old mother, is still looking for her son. She says her biggest fear is dying without seeing her son again. Investigations do not point to any particular reason for José's disappearance. Puebla, Pue.
Cecilia. In 2020, her son went out of their neighborhood to look for a job in Diamante, an upper-class part of Acapulco. That day he didn't return and has been missing ever since. Acapulco, Gro.
A “safe house” in Yecapixtla once used by a drug cartel. Yecapixtla, Mor.
Dogs looking for food a few meters away from a clandestine mass grave where 17 mutilated corpses were found. Carabalí, Gro.