Families Seek to Turn the World Cup in Mexico into a Protest for the Disappeared
· Telemundo McAllen (KTLM)
MEXICO CITY – Amid preparations for the 2026 World Cup in Mexico City, families of missing persons are organizing protests to highlight a national crisis they claim has been ignored, originating from the same area where President Claudia Sheinbaum's political career was established. In Tlalpan, in the southern part of the capital, while authorities finalize operations and logistics to welcome thousands of visitors for the soccer tournament, families of young people who have disappeared are coming together through search flyers, meetings with officials, and support networks built from similar cases. Parents are preparing peaceful protests starting from the opening match at Estadio Banorte, better known as Azteca, on June 11, along with letters addressed to embassies to warn about security risks that they say could also affect tourists. 'We want the world to see (…) that while they celebrate World Cup matches inside, we are outside mourning the disappearance of a loved one,' explained Vanessa Gamez to EFE, who has been searching for her daughter Ana Amelí García Gámez, missing at the age of 19 for the past nine months. The searching mother believes that for the government, 'finding the disappeared is not a priority' and rejected the official narrative that minimizes cases as voluntary absences or automatically links them to criminal activities.
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