In recent years it is common for dozens of families to go to the Zapopan Pilgrimage to ask the “Virgin of Expectation” to help their missing loved ones return home.
However, on this occasion, a group of mothers and relatives in search of their absent members managed to have their own contingent, which accompanied the Virgin of Zapopan from the beginning to the end of her journey, taking her own space in the pilgrimage.
It was about the collective “Warriors United for Our Disappeared in Jalisco”, who, according to its members, requested authorization from the ecclesiastical authorities to be part of the procession, to show their faith in the Zapopan virgin, and to make visible the struggle of thousands of families in search of their loved ones.
One of the attendees was Beatriz Soto, who is looking for her son, Antonio Gabriel Río Soto, disappeared on June 20, 2022 in the San Sebastián de Tlajomulco de Zúñiga neighborhood, when armed men took him away in a white vehicle, and he was never heard from again.
Next December Antonio Gabriel will be turning 30 years old, and what Beatriz would like most would be to hear his voice, to see him again, to be able to celebrate his life.
That is why, since he disappeared, he has searched for him in gaps, vacant lots, lakes and in any space where he could be, also joining Guerreros Unidos por Nuestros Desaparecidos, where families support each other to search for themselves. hands to your loved ones.
In this Pilgrimage she walked barefoot with her daughter and her grandson, who supported her in the errand because he requested it, both walking without shoes as an act of faith in “La Generala”.
“I asked the Virgin with my heart and soul to help me find my son, because I hope to find him soon, dead or alive.”so that he lets me give it to him, with love, as it should be. I asked her for all my companions and for their children, so that they would also appear, and for the Holy Virgin to give us the strength and health to continue searching for them, to return them home,” Beatriz said with fervor.
In Jalisco, according to the State Registry of Missing Persons, There are 15,288 people whose whereabouts are unknown.
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