MEXICO CITY (AP) — Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country's 114,000 disappeared and killed her husband and son, authorities said Wednesday.
Cano’s volunteer group, Salamanca United in the Search for the Disappeared, said late Tuesday the gunmen shot Cano’s husband and adult son in the attack the previous day.
State prosecutors confirmed husband and son were killed, and that Cano remained missing.
At least seven volunteer searchers have been killed in Mexico since 2021.
The volunteer searchers often conduct their own investigations —often relying on tips from former criminals — because the government has been unable to help.
Persons:
Lorenza Cano, Cano, —, José Cano Flores, Lorenza
Organizations:
MEXICO CITY, Salamanca United, Jalisco New, Volunteers
Locations:
MEXICO, Mexico, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Cabo, brother's, Jalisco, Tlajomulco, America, Caribbean