Mother of Missing Girl in Mexico Helps Locate 150 Others

Silvia Ortiz, searching for her daughter missing since 2004, has helped locate 150 other missing persons in Mexico.

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Silvia Ortiz has been searching for her daughter, Silvia Stephanie Sánchez Viesca Ortiz, known as Fanny, since she disappeared in 2004 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. ^[1] Silvia Ortiz, a representative of the VIDA collective in Torreón, Coahuila, reported the discovery of a new mass grave site in the municipality of Viesca. ^[2] Fanny was 16 years old when she disappeared while returning home from a basketball game, according to her family. ^[3] Silvia Ortiz and her husband, Óscar, founded the organization Grupo Víctimas por sus Derechos en Acción (VIDA). ^[4] The organization VIDA has helped locate approximately 150 other missing people. ^[5] Ortiz described finding pieces of metal drums at the site, similar to those used in past mass graves by criminal groups like Los Zetas. ^[6] Ortiz stated that the site, located in a property called Salitrillo, is over an hour's drive from Torreón and is suspected to be where criminal groups burned victims. ^[7] Ortiz noted that identification of remains found in mass graves has slowed due to reduced budgets and the current absence of a head of the Regional Human Identification Center. ^[8]

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Silvia Ortiz has been searching for her daughter, Silvia Stephanie Sánchez Viesca Ortiz, known as Fanny, since she disappeared in 2004 in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico. · Vanguardia

Silvia Ortiz, a representative of the VIDA collective in Torreón, Coahuila, reported the discovery of a new mass grave site in the municipality of Viesca. · El Universal

Fanny was 16 years old when she disappeared while returning home from a basketball game, according to her family. · Vanguardia

Silvia Ortiz and her husband, Óscar, founded the organization Grupo Víctimas por sus Derechos en Acción (VIDA). · Vanguardia

The organization VIDA has helped locate approximately 150 other missing people. · Vanguardia

Ortiz described finding pieces of metal drums at the site, similar to those used in past mass graves by criminal groups like Los Zetas. · El Universal

Ortiz stated that the site, located in a property called Salitrillo, is over an hour's drive from Torreón and is suspected to be where criminal groups burned victims. · El Universal

Ortiz noted that identification of remains found in mass graves has slowed due to reduced budgets and the current absence of a head of the Regional Human Identification Center. · El Universal

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