Central American Mothers Band Together to Search for Their Sons in Mexico Catholic News Service
go to original January 9, 2015

Migrant mothers search for lost children in Mexico (PressTV)

Some of those who set off from Central America's troubled communities and wind their way north toward the American dream get lost along the way. Their family members back home often never learn what happened to them.

Yet hundreds of women in Honduras have joined together, determined not to suffer alone.

"Our committee was born from the anguish of so many mothers crying for their lost children and not knowing what to do about it," said Rosa Nelly Santos, coordinator of the Committee of Mothers of Disappeared Migrants.

The route from Central America to the United States has grown increasingly treacherous in recent years. Migrants face constant danger from moving trains, killer gangs, human traffickers and trackless deserts. Thousands have simply disappeared, leaving their families back home in Central America wondering why.

Like other immigrant groups throughout the country, the mothers committee has its roots in the church. Created in 1999 with help from the Jesuits, the group later became independent of the church and has become "the most important group in Central America for setting a new agenda based around the experience of the victims themselves," said Jesuit Father Ismael Moreno, director of the Center for Reflection and Scientific Investigation in El Progreso. "It's helping to spark the creation of new groups, all giving voice to people who have not been heard in the discussions about immigration."

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