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Winner: 2024 Women’s Journalism Prize

A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant.
A photograph shows Laura Coc (far right), a young woman from Guatemala, posing during a beauty pageant. © Andrea Godínez

Migrating and Vanishing: But Who Can Hear You in the Desert?

In one Arizona morgue alone in the U.S. there are more than 300 unidentified remains of migrants.

14 Jun 24
The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried.
The portion of Evergreen Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona where deceased migrants whose remains are not claimed by their families are buried. © © Andrea Godínez

Migrating and Vanishing: Interrupted Mourning

There is no unified mechanism for cross-referencing the DNA of searching families with the remains awaiting identification in U.S. morgues.

14 Jun 24
Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico.
Cecilia Delgado Grijalva is a buscadora (name adopted by mothers and relatives of missing persons who are devoted to finding the remains of their loves ones) and founder of Buscadoras por la Paz (Searchers for Peace), in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico. © Andrea Godínez

Migrating and Vanishing: Twice Disappeared

Overcrowded morgues and underreporting in Mexico's national database of missing persons.

14 Jun 24
The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border.
The sister of Aurelio Cruz López holds a sign used in the search for the young man, who disappeared along the U.S.-Mexico border. © Andrea Godínez

Migrating and Vanishing: Searching for Answers

Lack of data and discrimination: Mexican authorities fail in the search for missing migrants.

14 Jun 24
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