Three Daughters Look for a Mother Lost to the Mexican Military Julian Aguilar - The Texas Tribune
go to original November 30, 2013

Nitza Alvarado Espinoza, left, her identical twin, Mitzi, and their sister Deisy are working to find their mother, who was taken by the Mexican military. (Marjorie Kamys Cotera/The Texas Tribune)

EL PASO — Mitzi and Nitza Alvarado Espinoza wear different colors at news conferences, their lawyer says, so people can tell them apart as they talk about their missing mother and the group they have formed to help others in their situation. The Alvarados, 18, are identical twins.

The sisters seem to share everything, including four years of desperation since their mother, Nitza Paola Alvarado Espinoza, was forcibly taken by the Mexican military in the state of Chihuahua.

Fearing for their own safety, they left Mexico with their sister, Deisy, 15, and are now exiles here.

As they seek residence status, the sisters are holding on to hope that they will be reunited with their mother. They are also embarking on a project to help console and counsel people who have suffered similar nightmares.

... More than three years have passed since they last heard from their mother. But they have not given up hope of a reunion. Amnesty International has highlighted their plight, and the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Court of Human Rights has decided to hear their case.

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