Relatives of some of Mexico's over 100,000 missing people are demanding authorities find their sons, daughters, fathers and brothers. The protesters marched Tuesday in Mexico City. Disappearances escalated after the start of Mexico's drug war in 2006.
A person places a photo of a missing loved one on an improvised altar at La Palma roundabout on The International Day of the Disappeared during an march along the Paseo de la Reforma street by families who want the government help locate their missing relatives in Mexico City, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. The roundabout, where a palm tree used to stand but was removed, has been adopted by the families of missing people and coined "The roundabout of the disappeared.
The protesters carried photos of the disappeared hanging from their necks, and chanted “Where are they? Our Children, Where are they?”
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