Lower thirds:

00:02 Report by Aitor Saez
00:26 Guillermina Camacho | Mother of disappeared Jorge Alberto Salinas
01:18 Yesenia Valdez | Defense Coordinator Foundation for Justice
02:21 Elvia Reyes | Mother of disappeared Luis Antonio de Avila

Script:

0:00 ATMO 

0:04
Guillermina's son Jorge Alberto walked out the door on March 24th 2017. He never came back.  

He’s one of over 3,800 people missing in Zacatecas in central Mexico, where vast distances and organized crime make it nearly impossible for families to search for their loved ones.  

00:24 - 00:41
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Guillermina Camacho, mother of the disappeared Jorge Alberto Salinas
"well we don't have the funds to move us all or a vehicle which can take all of us. And we need to be official because it's too dangerous for private individuals to travel alone.
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Authorities provide police escorts - but the mothers do the searching themselves, often at great personal risk. 

Meanwhile, disappearances keep rising. 

Corruption, lack of resources, and poor coordination hinder efforts by groups like the National Search Commission.
  
Human rights groups accuse the previous government of downplaying the numbers. 

1:09 
Human rights lawyer, Yesenia Valdez, explains....

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01:14 - 01:43
Yesenia Valdez, defense coordinator Foundation for Justice
“There were high hopes when a National Search Commission was created.”
“Now, little by little, the institution is being dismantled. Not only have those in charge been replaced but there have also been significant budget cuts which means fewer workers. // These disappearances are being made invisible, the figures are manipulated and there is impunity. It's sending the messsage that in Mexico anyone can vanish without consequences.''
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The discovery of skeletal remains in Jalisco triggered nationwide protests and outrage. 

President Claudia Sheinbaum has promised to improve coordination between prosecutors.  

But mothers say these measures already exist - they just aren't being enforced. In the end, it's the families who risk their lives to search for answers.  

2:18 
Elvia Reyes even received death threats while looking for her son, Luis Antonio.  

02:27 - 02:59
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Elvia Reyes, mother of the disappeared Luis Antonio de Avila:
"We've been investigating with the people involved in the case. We've been investigating with them and they have given us some leads discretely about where they might be. //

2:41
"We found a lot of charred remains. A lot of charred remains. We took them to the prosecutors office. And five years later, six years later, we've had no findings about the things we brought to them." 
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3:00
But finding results remains an uphill battle - especially in the absence of resources and political will. 

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