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The United Nations (UN) demanded an expedited investigation and protection for search mothers. This after the murder of Patricia Negrete Tafoya on June 23, and three other searchers deprived of life in 2026 in Guanajuato.

UN demands

Andrea Bolaños Vargas, UN special rapporteur on human rights defenders, described the murder of Patricia Negrete as worrying. She belonged to the collective “Una Promesa por Complir” and was looking for her sister Laura Angélica, missing since January 5, 2021.

“Patricia is the fourth searcher defender murdered in Guanajuato in 2026. The fifth in Mexico this year,” she published on her social network.

Patricia Negrete was attacked with shots last Sunday night near the Pénjamo Regional Hospital, where she worked as mayor.

The rapporteur expressed solidarity with the searcher groups and recognized their work in a violent context. He urged the Mexican State to investigate with a gender perspective, prioritize violence against women defenders and guarantee effective protection. He also asked to clarify the whereabouts of three missing searchers.

Last goodbye to Paty

Between flowers and applause, family, friends and mothers of the group said goodbye to “Paty” at the Municipal Pantheon. Dozens attended a mass at the Temple of San Miguel Arcángel and then the procession. They remembered her as a sensitive person who fought for more than five years looking for her sister. Human rights defenders expressed solidarity with her family.

Javier Lamarque, licensed mayor of Cajeme, Sonora, formalized his registration in Morena’s internal process to elect the state coordinator. The former municipal president trusts that his career will be key to consolidating the party’s project in the entity.

“It is very important to have experience, especially when it is a period, in the case of Sonora it was shortened to three years to coincide with the presidential election, then you cannot learn, nor improvise.”

Lamarque highlighted that his time in three municipal governments with positive results allows him to arrive ready. “We would be taking the locomotive walking, without stopping it,” he said.

Challenges and unity in the party

Among Sonora’s challenges, the Morenista pointed out the need to make further progress: modernization of customs, photovoltaic plants – such as the one in Puerto Peñasco, the fifth largest in the world -, the recovery of the port of Guaymas and technology in the agricultural valleys.

He affirmed that within Morena there is unity despite internal competition. “We are united, strengthened as a project and we are moving forward so that the fourth transformation in Sonora continues,” he indicated.

Regarding the election method, he supported the use of surveys, a mechanism that already favored him in two municipal candidacies and one federal deputation. He also described as positive the requirement to request a license for those who hold public positions.

“It is better that there is separation of the position, so that there is no misuse of public resources in these internal processes. It is a democratic and republican gesture by Morena.”

Lamarque thus joins the internal contest, with his sights set on the state coordination of Morena in Sonora.

One day before the 48th LGBT+ Pride March in Mexico City, groups called to march for missing people of sexual diversity.

Under the motto “Because we are also looking for them”, the LGBTTTIQ+ Contingent Against Disappearances called to gather this Saturday, June 27, at the Glorieta de los Desaparecidos de Reforma, at 10:00 a.m.

“This march represents a valuable opportunity to continue raising our voices, making our struggles visible and working together for a more just and inclusive society,” said the organizers.

Data on violence and disappearances

According to the National Observatory of Hate Crimes Against LGBT+ People, in 2025, 59 violent deaths, 34 disappearances, 16 attacks and 6 loss of life due to self-inflicted causes were documented.

The National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons reports, as of June 25 of this year, 135,155 missing people: 29,295 women, 105,489 men and 371 of undetermined sex.

An emblematic case is that of Lilith Saori Arreola Alvear, a young trans woman who disappeared at the age of 21 on January 2, 2023 in Puerto Escondido, Oaxaca. His search joins that of more than 133 thousand people in the country.

Impact of the mobilization

The march seeks to remember the victims and raise awareness about the violence faced by the LGBT+ community in Mexico. The demand for justice and visibility remains a central demand.