Women members of the collective Mothers in Resistance Chiapas have reported the lack of comprehensive attention from the State towards children and adolescents with missing relatives or mothers victims of femicide. Although some of these minors participate in search actions, such as marches and placing flyers, they do not receive the necessary psychological, educational, or medical support.
"On our part, we do offer them psychological support and what they need, but from the prosecutor's office and the authorities, they are just starting to see them. The State Executive Commission for Victim Assistance is useless," said Adriana Gómez Martínez, coordinator of the collective. Girls, boys, and adolescents like Gómez's daughter, as well as other minors accompanying their relatives in the activities, lack minimum security guarantees and adequate spaces for their mental health during searches.
One highlighted case is that of Matías, son of Cassandra, who disappeared in December 2023, and despite his young age has publicly asked for his mother to return. The collective Mothers in Resistance Chiapas has demanded that the State assume its responsibility both in the search for missing persons and in the protection of their children.
"They are being forgotten, and if something happens to us during the searches, what will happen to them?" lamented Adriana Gómez. The childhoods indirectly victimized by disappearance and femicide also deserve access to reparation, truth, and justice, emphasized the spokesperson for the collective.
