October 17, 2008

On the Trail of the Disappeared

Searching for Immigrants Who Went Missing in Mexico

By Jorge Morales Almada
ImpreMedia

Two years after she left El Progreso, a small community in Yoro, Honduras, the remains of Martha Lidia Zúñiga were found in the Arizona desert. During that time her family lived in uncertainty. They hadn’t heard anything from her since she left for the north. She was lost. She disappeared. Until one day they got the news they had always feared: she was dead.

There are many disappearances like that of Martha Lidia. The Honduran Consulate in Los Angeles receives frequent reports from families who say they can’t find their son, daughter, husband, wife, cousin, nephew, etc. who left Honduras to go north but lost their way.

“Unfortunately it is more common than you would think,â€