The Mothers Of Missing People In Mexico Reach Out To Cartels Hoping To Locate Them

Podcast: The True Crime Tapes · Bobby Capucci

Opublikowano: 2026-11-03

Desperate mothers searching for missing relatives in Mexico began negotiating directly with powerful drug cartels after years of government inaction, corruption, and failed investigations left them with few alternatives. Among them were Ceci Flores, founder of Madres Buscadoras de Sonora, who was searching for her two missing sons, and Delia Quiroa, whose brother disappeared after refusing to pay protection money to organized criminals. Rather than demanding arrests or revenge, the women appealed to cartel leaders for permission to search territories under their control and recover the remains of loved ones buried in clandestine graves. Their efforts reached at least nine...