With Mix of Denial, Hope and Desperation, Mexico's Day of Dead Brings Memories of Missing Associated Press
go to original October 31, 2012

Mexicans see death as a continuation of life, and instead of fearing it, embrace it. Death is transcendence, transformation and resurrection. During the celebration of Day of the Dead all those beliefs come together in a season that brings to life the memory of the loved ones. (Helicon)

MEXICO CITY — As people across Mexico prepare Day of the Dead offerings with flowers, food and candy skulls, thousands of families across the country can't mourn their loved ones in the old Mexican tradition, because their relatives have disappeared in the wave of drug-fueled violence.

The Day of the Dead is a difficult time for these families, some of whom cling to the slenderest of hopes that their sons may be alive, perhaps kidnapped and used as forced labor for drug cartels at some remote hideout.

With a mix of denial, hope and desperation, they refuse to dedicate Day of the Dead altars to people often missing for years. They won't accept any but the most certain proof of death, and sometimes reject even that.
 

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