Mexico MX - Lorenza Cano, age not given, Salamanca, 15 Jan 2024

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Jan 17, 2024 article

Gunmen abduct volunteer searcher looking for her disappeared brother, kill her husband and son

Gunmen burst into a home in central Mexico and abducted one of the volunteer searchers looking for the country's 114,000 missing people, and killed her husband and son.

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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.

Search activist Lorenza Cano was abducted from her home in the city of Salamanca, in the north central state of Guanajuato, which has the highest number of homicides in Mexico.

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.

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[imstilla.grandma]

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.

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.

The searchers usually aren’t trying to convict anyone for their relatives’ abductions; they just want to find their remains.

Gunmen abduct volunteer searcher looking for her disappeared brother, kill her husband and son

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, authori…

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*I wanna just cry. There are so many…

 

[Rikissa]

Still missing.
Article translated into English:

Búsqueda de Lorenza Cano sigue activa, a más de un año de su desaparición

El secretario de Gobierno, Jorge Jiménez Lona, aseguró que sigue activa la búsqueda de Lorenza...

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[Rikissa]

From 25 March 2025: Human remains have been found that could be those of Lorenza Cano Flores:
Article translated into English with Google Translate:

Caso Lorenza Cano: analizan si restos hallados podrían ser de la madre buscadora desaparecida hace un año

Fue secuestrada el 15 de enero de 2024 en Salamanca, Guanajuato, cuando sujetos armados atacaron su vivienda y mataron a su esposo e hijo

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From 27 August 2025: Still no result if the remains found in March are those of Lorenza Cano Flores.
(I'm not sure if the translation into English with Google Translate will work, but for me when I right-click somewhere on the article page I get a drop-down box, and am able to choose "Translate to English":

Sin respuestas claras tras desaparición de buscadores, Lorenza Cano y Don Panchito | Zona Franca

Salamanca, Gto. A más de un año y siete meses de la desaparición de Lorenza Cano Flores, todavía no se ha confirmado si los restos encontrados en Villagrán pertenecen a la buscadora salmantina, y mientras no sea así, Jorge Jiménez Lona, secretario de Gobierno, aseguró que continuarán con la...

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[GraceG]

What a tragedy, in so many ways. Thank you for sharing and for the translation info.