In a first, 2 longtime searchers for missing relatives — mother and daughter — earn official certification
Their recognition is significant because it acknowledges, and lends support to, the increasing role of private citizens in the search for Mexico's missing. But, they say, it does not and should not mean a transfer of the authorities' responsibility. The post In a first, 2 longtime searchers for missing relatives — mother and daughter — earn official certification appeared first on Mexico News…
Ceci Flores and her daughter, Milagros de Jesús Valenzuela Flores, have become the first relatives to receive official certification for their skills in searching for missing loved ones in Mexico. The certification, issued by Mexico's National Council for Standardization and Certification of Labor Competencies, recognizes their expertise developed while searching for loved ones and advocating for investigations into their disappearances.
Ceci Flores, founder of Madres Buscadoras de Sonora, has been a prominent advocate for families searching for missing relatives since her son Alejandro went missing in 2015. Her daughter, Milagros, leads Jóvenes Buscadores de Sonora, a youth search collective. The searchers were certified under Competency Standard EC1542, which evaluates skills such as information gathering, case file preparation, interviews, field and remote searches, and reporting.
The credentials are intended to equip families with tools to continue their search for missing relatives, as Mexico currently has 130,381 people still missing or unlocated according to National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons figures.
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