We want to share with you what’s happening in Teuchitlán, Jalisco. A group of people searching for missing relatives uncovered what appears to be a cartel extermination site—a ranch where the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)was training recruits and disposing of bodies.
The searchers, part of the collective Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco, found 493 personal belongings, human remains, mass graves, and even cremation ovens. Now, families of missing people are looking through photos of these items, hoping to recognize something that belonged to their loved ones.
Mexico has over 124,000 missing people, and most cases never get solved. The justice system barely works, and families are left to investigate on their own because authorities either can’t or won’t. This ranch had apparently been operating for three years, raising serious questions about why it wasn’t discovered earlier.
To make matters worse, the authorities actually found this place back in September, but they didn’t conduct a full search and missed all of this evidence. This failure makes the local government look even worse, showing just how out of control organized crime is in Jalisco.
This whole situation highlights just how deep the crisis of disappearances is in Mexico. Families are the only ones truly searching for answers, while the authorities always seem to be a step behind—or looking the other way.
Many groups, including CIRM, are calling for a prayer vigil on Saturday, March 15 at 5 PM (6 PM in the US). Attendees are encouraged to bring candles and pairs of new shoes as a symbolic gesture.
Our Message
These are days of outrage. We are a country in mourning. Families are broken hearted, and more hearts are breaking as people try to identify shoes, clothes, backpacks, etc...
God of compassion and mercy,
we place our broken hearts before you,
seeking healing and your transforming grace.
Give us the strength to end this terrible tragedy.
We pray for the murdered victims of Teuchitlán
Give us the strength to end this terrible tragedy.
We pray for the murdered victims of Teuchitlán
and the thousands of others who are missing.
We are outraged by the horror of the organized crime’s extermination
We are outraged by the horror of the organized crime’s extermination
and recruitment center at Rancho Izaguirre, Teuchitlán.
We are suffering the consequences of a regime of terror, ignominy,
We are suffering the consequences of a regime of terror, ignominy,
oppression, greed, and cynicism.
We are living a reality of extermination camps, clandestine graves,
We are living a reality of extermination camps, clandestine graves,
summary executions, mass disappearances,
children being exploited as hitmen or thugs,
and trafficking women on a massive and international scale.
Without justice, there will never be peace.
We will maintain absolute vigilance.
As long as we don't see justice;
Without justice, there will never be peace.
We will maintain absolute vigilance.
As long as we don't see justice;
as long as we don't see the thousands
and thousands of missing people return home,
as long as a single girl, a single boy, a single child, a single man,
as long as a single girl, a single boy, a single child, a single man,
a single woman are threatened, there is no peace;
we will remain vigilant.
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