In the search for their missing relatives, “many of us mothers have fallen ill along this path of so much pain”, with serious illnesses such as cancer, hypertension and diabetes; however, the Executive Commission for Victim Care (CEAV) continues to refuse to address their ills, arguing that “they are not related to the victimizing act.”
During a meeting, a few days ago, with Rosario Piedra, head of the National Human Rights Commission, Sandra Luz Jaimes, Araceli Salcedo and María Esther Montero narrated how the anguish of not knowing the whereabouts of their loved ones caused them illnesses that have seriously impaired their quality of life.
At the meeting, Salcedo, mother of the young Fernanda Rubí who disappeared in September 2012 in Orizaba, Veracruz, said that a year ago she was diagnosed with throat cancer in its most advanced stage, and although “I knocked on doors and screamed in despair, denied attention ”by CEAV.
“It is not just me and my colleagues present: there are many mothers who have fallen ill on this path from so much pain in search of their loved ones,” the activist stressed, adding that despite their condition, families cannot stop. “Every day we go on errands. Yesterday we walked in clandestine graves, in the recovery of the remains of two bodies. The oncologists tell me not to go, but if I don’t help those families, who is going to do it? “
Meanwhile, Sandra Luz Román Jaimes, mother of Ivette Melissa Flores Román, who disappeared in October 2012, in Iguala, Guerrero, mentioned that in 2017 she was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, for which she underwent an outpatient operation, but still He has not been treated for a back injury resulting from a search action. “I had a 20-foot fall and had two herniated discs. I no longer had mobility and with the support that the CEAV gives me, sincerely I will not be able to (take rehabilitation therapies) ”, he lamented.
María Esther Montero, mother of the seafarer Paolo Cano, who disappeared in October 2010 in Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, regretted that after the death of her husband –also from cancer–, the CEAV withdrew the support of the basic food basket and accommodation, for which reason it has been more difficult to cope with his health problems.
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