# 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]

## What this stands on

1. 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, News)
2. 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, News)
3. Fanny was 16 years old when she disappeared while returning home from a basketball game, according to her family. (Vanguardia, News)
4. Silvia Ortiz and her husband, Óscar, founded the organization Grupo Víctimas por sus Derechos en Acción (VIDA). (Vanguardia, News)
5. The organization VIDA has helped locate approximately 150 other missing people. (Vanguardia, News)
6. 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, News)
7. 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, News)
8. 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, News)

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