Mother and son were murdered while searching for missing relatives in Mexico

A Mexican mother belonging to a group looking for missing relatives was murdered along with her son in the western region plagued by criminal violence.

Maria del Carmen Morales was shot dead in Jalisco State later Wednesday, the prosecutor’s office said.

Morales, 43, belongs to Guerreros Buscadores Discover bones, shoes and clothes Shocked Mexico at a suspected Jalisco drug cartel training camp in March. Cartel by Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantesthe U.S. government gave him a $15 million reward to obtain information that led to his arrest.

In a country where more than 120,000 people have disappeared, the focus of forced recruitment and other strategies adopted by criminal gangs is on the rise.

Morales was killed when she was attacked by two motorcycles while defending her 26-year-old son, Daniel Ramirez.

Last year, her other son disappeared.

So far, there is no evidence to link Morales’ murder to her search for missing persons.

Guerreros Buscadores called for an “immediate and thorough investigation” in a statement posted to social media.

Civil society groups that condemn the government’s inaction form may seek their lives in unmarked graves, usually in areas where the cartel gunmen are active.

In addition to the discovery on the ranch, other large-scale graves have been found in Mexico in recent months. At least in January 56 corpses were found In the unmarked mass graves of northern Mexico, not far from the U.S. border.

one Popular graves Dozens of dismembered body parts contained the remains of 24 people were found in the suburbs of Guadalajara in December. In the same month, Mexican authorities said they took back the 31 corpse From Chipas, a country plagued by cartel violence.

A collective search for missing persons It is said that the cartels and other organized criminal gangs sometimes use ovens to incinerate victims, leaving no trace.