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The search mother Ceci Patricia Flores Armenta, founder of the Mothers Searchers of Sonora collective, reported that together with groups from Jalisco they located an alleged incineration site in the municipality of Ayutla. Multiple remains of human origin were found at the site.

No institutional support

The families requested assistance from the State Person Search Commission to go to the point. The request was rejected. Flores Armenta denounced on social networks that the authorities did not offer support, transportation, tools or resources to continue with the recovery of the evidence.

“Searching should not be a sentence for families,” said the activist.

He pointed out that the groups do not have privileges, but rather the fulfillment of a legal and human obligation of the Mexican State. He demanded institutional support for those involved in locating missing persons.

The discovery joins other cases in the region where clandestine ovens linked to forced disappearance have been detected. So far, the State Search Commission has not issued an official position on the incident.

System in the Pacific

A tropical depression located about 965 kilometers south of Zihuatanejo, Guerrero, maintains the possibility of evolving into a tropical storm and then a hurricane in the coming days, according to the United States National Hurricane Center (NHC).

For now, the system does not represent a direct threat to Mexican territory.

Hurricane Fausto under surveillance

Meanwhile, Hurricane Fausto reached category 2 and remains under observation for its possible approach to the Hawaiian archipelago during the next week.

Fausto is located about 2,250 kilometers west of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula.

It has maximum sustained winds of around 169 kilometers per hour.

Although its path and the magnitude of its effects cannot yet be determined precisely, meteorologists warned that the risk of rain and winds in Hawaii increased.

The armed attack against Valentín Lavín Romero, mayor of Temoac, Morelos, which occurred inside the City Hall, raised to 14 the number of municipal presidents deprived of their lives during the current government. Specialists warn that this reflects the advance of organized crime in local governments.

A crisis that is growing in small municipalities

According to records from civil organizations and local media, Oaxaca tops the list with five councilors who were victims of homicide in the last year and a half, followed by Michoacán with four. The attacks against municipal authorities show, according to experts, a dispute between criminal groups for territorial control and political influence in communities.

• Alejandro Arcos Catalán, from Chilpancingo, Guerrero (October 6)
• Román Ruiz Bohórquez, from Candelaria Loxicha, Oaxaca (October 15)
• Jesús Franco Lárraga, from Tancanhuitz, San Luis Potosí (December 15)
• Mario Hernández García, from Santiago Amoltepec, Oaxaca (May 15)
• Isaías Rojas Ramírez, from Metlatónoc, Guerrero (June 2)
• Yolanda Sánchez Figueroa, from Cotija, Michoacán (June 3)
• Salvador Bastida García, from Tacámbaro, Michoacán (June 5)
• Lilia Gema García Soto, from San Mateo Piñas, Oaxaca (June 15)
• Martha Laura Mendoza Mendoza, from Tepalcatepec, Michoacán (June 17)
• Miguel Bahena Solórzano, from Pisaflores, Hidalgo (October 20)
• Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez, from Uruapan, Michoacán (November 1)
• Joel Ángel Bravo Martínez, from San Miguel Amatitlán, Oaxaca (June 13)
• Eduardo Saavedra López, from San Miguel Yogovana, Oaxaca (July 12)
• Valentín Lavín Romero, from Temoac, Morelos (July 22)

Security specialists point out that small municipalities are the most vulnerable due to their limited institutional and security capacities. Víctor Sánchez, academic at the Autonomous University of Coahuila, explained:

The attacks against mayors represent a symptom of municipal capture by criminal organizations, which seek to influence local police, political decisions and territorial control.

The PAN senator, Mario Vázquez, stated that these homicides reflect the abandonment of municipal governments in the face of organized crime and accused a lack of federal support. Meanwhile, federal authorities have noted a reduction in high-impact crimes, although experts consider that the security strategy has not been able to uniformly strengthen local governments.