Emma Mora Liberato, representative of the group Families of Acapulco in search of their missing persons, warned that members of organized crime seek to recruit adolescents and young people, including young women, for forced labor.
In an interview with Quadratín Guerrero she spoke of a 30 percent increase in the disappearance of young women from 15 to 19 years old, which represents five women reported missing every day in Guerrero.
Regarding the results of the immediate reaction group, whose launch was announced in September of last year, she indicated that they have managed to locate more than 350 people alive thanks to the cooperation between groups and authorities, as well as joint training.
“We have been able to locate girls and three missing young men who had been kidnapped and held by members of organized crime to recruit them and carry out activities such as hawking, being fee collectors, extortion and kidnapping,” she commented, referring to the immediate reaction group for the search and location of missing persons.
This Friday morning, Mora Liberato defended her thesis Factors that influence the disappearance of adolescents and young people registered in the group she represents from 2007 to 2022, to obtain a master’s degree in Violence Studies and Conflict Management from the Autonomous University of Guerrero (UAGRO).
She highlighted that, during the process of integrating her thesis, she helped the organization to connect with authorities and found the immediate reaction group for the location of young men and women reported missing alive.
She pointed out that the investigation has shown the weakness of the State and the academy. However, she was grateful that in the eight years she has worked with the master’s platform, it gave her the opportunity to know what the cases of missing persons are, the modus operandi and the status in which these people are found.
He revealed, without going into further details, that the special anti-kidnapping prosecutor’s office in Guerrero has focused on extortion complaints because they have increased by 60 percent in Guerrero and more in Acapulco.
However, he stated that complaints have increased thanks to the awareness-raising work of the groups of relatives of missing persons and the support of the churches.
He mentioned that in the period covered by his thesis, from 2007 to 2022, Guerrero experienced an increase in violence, with a higher incidence in Acapulco. He recalled that in 2011 his son, José Alberto Téllez, was kidnapped on September 20 when he was heading to school.
“Integrating into the academy has strengthened me to have better tools and help the 569 families that make up the association,” said Mora Liberato.
Source: guerrero.quadratin
