Mexican Woman Murdered On Mother's Day

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

A mother who lost her daughter to the fearsome Los Zetas cartel in Mexico, and since then helped victims of violence, was murdered in the border state of Tamaulipas on Wednesday, on Mother's Day.

Miriam Rodríguez Martínez was able to discover who had murdered her daughter in 2012 and the information she provided to the authorities was vital to the arrest of the murderers. But, according to the BBC, one of them escaped from prison in March and since then the activist began receiving threats.

Colleagues and friends of the deceased claimed that she had requested protection from the police, but her requests were ignored.

At a press conference, Tamaulipas prosecutor Irving Barrios denied that Rodríguez had been ignored and pointed out that patrols roamed his house 3 times a day, something that the family denies that.

Rodríguez Martínez jumped to the public scene when he located the remains of his daughter Karen Alejandra in a mass grave in 2012. Since then, she had become an advocate for the relatives of the disappeared and, until the day of her death, led the entity Collective of Relatives. of Disappeared in San Fernando, Tamaulipas, population where he lived and died.

Known for her strong character, positive energy, and above all her courage, she also helped block her husband's kidnapping by chasing a group of Zetas in her own car and reporting to the police, who managed to arrest the subjects..