Draft:Ceci Patricia Flores Armenta
Ceci Patricia Flores Armenta | |
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 Flores Armenta in June 2022. | |
| Born | Cecilia Patricia Flores Armenta |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation | Activist |
Ceci Patricia Flores Armenta is a Mexican madre buscadora, and the founder and leader of Madres Buscadoras de Sonora.[1]
Life
[edit]On October 30, 2015, one of Flores's sons, Alejandro Guadalupe, disappeared in Los Mochis, Sinaloa.[2] Flores filed a missing persons report, but authorities did little in response.
On May 4, 2019, Flores's two remaining sons, Marco Antonio and Jesús Adrián, were kidnapped in Bahía del Kino. She began using social media to advocate for their return, and was contacted by their kidnappers, who told Flores that her sons would be released at a specific place and time; however, only one of her sons was returned.[2][3]
That year, Flores established Madres Buscadoras de Sonora, a group which aims to find missing persons either alive or dead. Since the establishment of the collective in 2019, Flores has been joined by more than 900 other women from Sinaloa.[3] The group has found multiple bodies.[4] Flores recovered the remains of one of her sons in 2021,[5] and has continued her work with the collective.
On the afternoon of 16 April 2023, Flores was reported missing while the group was carrying out a search in Ahome, Sinaloa. The media publicized her disappearance, and on the morning of 17 April, the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stated that an operation was underway to find Flores. That afternoon, Sinaloa governor Rubén Rocha Moya announced she had been found safe, and was being transported to the city of Los Mochis.[6] Flores later reported that the National Guard asked her daughter to wait 72 hours to file a missing persons report; however, Flores was already part of the protected persons program, which requires that members always be protected by security elements.[7]
In May 2023, Flores reported the discovery of a body that could belong to one of her sons; the Prosecutor's Office later determined that they were not his remains.[8]
In 2023, Flores has reported receiving threats against her.[9]
On 10 May, Flores reported the kidnapping of her niece.[10]
Colectivo Madres Buscadoras de Sonora
[edit]Una organización sin fines de lucro, que se dedica a la búsqueda de personas desaparecidas por el estado de Sonora, and occasionally in other states.[11] El colectivo se creó tras la desaparición de sus 3 hijos, uno desaparecido en 2015 y los otros 2 en 2019, debido a que las autoridades de su zona le dieron poca relevancia a su caso, se vio en la necesidad de crear el colectivo Madres Buscadoras de Sonora.[12]
Las Madres Buscadoras is a collective established in Sonora, formed primarily of mother with missing children con el fin de recuperar aunque sea los restos de sus familiares. Las madres buscadoras se han articulado para emprender la búsqueda de sus hijos de manera conjunta, tejiendo redes de solidaridad y resistiendo desde lo común a los embates de un sistema predatorio y generador de muerte. Los colectivos de mujeres en Sonora surgen en 2019 en un escenario de violencia creciente, donde los asesinatos, feminicidios y desaparición de personas se multiplican.
On October 11, 2021, Flores met with the Attorney General's Office to discuss the murder of Aranza Ramos, and the threats she herself has received.[13] On October 14, 2021, she met with the governor of the State of Sonora, Alfonso Durazo, to follow up on the reports of threats against her.[14]
In the two years after their first search, the collective located more than 400 bodies in clandestine graves and found 139 people alive and reconnected them to families in different parts of the country.[4]
Recognition
[edit]- Participated in the second edition of the Las Mujeres del Sol forum (2020), organized by El Sol de Hermosillo.[15]
- On 12 December 2020, the Instituto Nogalense de las Mujeres recognized her work and leadership with Madres Buscadoras de Sonora
- In June 2022, Forbes listed her among the "Five Most Powerful Mexican Women".[16]
References
[edit]- ^ Barragán, Almudena (2022-02-26). "Cecilia Flores: "Quiero volver a ver a mis hijos, aunque sea en un puñado de huesos"". El País México (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ a b Flores, Chantal (2022-10-11). "The mothers of Mexico's missing use social media to search for mass graves". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2024-06-13.
- ^ a b "#UnDíaCon: Cecilia, una madre con pico y pala que sale a buscar desaparecidos". Sopitas.com. 2022-03-07. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ a b Bahena, Roberto. "Madres Buscadoras de Sonora: a dos años del inicio del peregrinar". El Sol de Hermosillo | Noticias Locales, Policiacas, sobre México, Sonora y el Mundo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Líder de rastreadoras de Sonora localiza los restos de su hijo". La Jornada. 20 February 2021.
- ^ "Ceci Flores, madre buscadora, es trasladada 'sana y salva' a Los Mochis: SSP de Sinaloa". El Financiero. 2023-04-17. Retrieved 2023-04-18.
- ^ "Guardia Nacional pidió esperar 72 horas para buscar a Ceci Flores: violó protocolos". m-x.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-07-25.
- ^ "Ceci Flores habría encontrado a Marco Antonio, su hijo desaparecido hace 4 años". www.proceso.com.mx (in Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-05.
- ^ "Ceci Flores denuncia nuevas amenazas para detener su labor de madre buscadora | VIDEO". MVS Noticias (in Spanish). 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-30.
- ^ "Ceci Flores denuncia rapto de su sobrina de 14 años de edad". www.animalpolitico.com (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved 2023-05-11.
- ^ Calvillo, Sofía. "Líder de madres buscadoras en Sonora pide a cárteles permitir búsqueda de desaparecidos". El Sol de México | Noticias, Deportes, Gossip, Columnas (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Cecilia empezó su lucha cuando desaparecieron a su primer hijo". Uniradio Informa. 2020-03-04. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ "Patricia Cecilia Flores, madre buscadora de Sonora se reúne con la FGR; levanta huelga de hambre". MVS Noticias (in Mexican Spanish). Archived from the original on 2021-10-11. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ Hermosillo, Sofía Calvillo. "Madres Buscadoras negocian con autoridades estatales". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ Hermosillo, Olive Fierros. "El Sol de Hermosillo te invita al 2° foro "Las Mujeres del Sol"". El Sol de Hermosillo (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-03-11.
- ^ Rivera, Celeste (2022-06-14). "Reconoce Forbes a líder de colectivo Madres Buscadoras de Sonora". Diario del Yaqui. Retrieved 2022-06-28.