Another mother searching for her disappeared child is killed in Mexico

Yet another mother searching for her disappeared child has been killed in Mexico, the fourth murder of a volunteer search activist in Mexico since the start of 2021.

Activists said Tuesday the victim was Esmeralda Gallardo, who led efforts to find her missing 22-year-old daughter.

The activist group "Voice of the Disappeared in Puebla" said Gallardo was killed in the city of Puebla, east of Mexico City. Local media reported she had been shot to death.