Monterrey, Nuevo León, December 19. On Christmas Eve, searchers in Nuevo León have not lost hope of locating their missing relatives. They placed a silver-wire Christmas tree with blue baubles, on which they hung more than 165 faces of missing persons, in the Plaza of the Disappeared in downtown Monterrey.
Lourdes Huerta Tarrega, a member of this group, explained that the tree's installation has two objectives: to raise awareness of the struggle to find loved ones and to demand that the Attorney General unblock the more than 6,000 files related to these incidents.
He made clear the faces of the people; they were those who went out to work or dance one weekend and never returned home.
He said that Buscadoras' concern is that the state has the same perception of the missing as it did 13 years ago, when the worst security crisis the state has ever experienced began.
In the Plaza de los Desaparecidos, located at the intersection of Washington and Zaragoza streets, a few steps from the Government Palace and the Citizen Cultural Laboratory, there is a sign thanking those who donated material for the pine tree.
Families gather here to leave gifts, such as birthday cakes, on special occasions.
At night, the pine tree is illuminated with a web of multi-colored LED lights that attracts passersby in the Macroplaza and motorists.
