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| Painted Lamp Pole, Ciudad Juárez Photo: Special |
Proceso: Patricia Mayorga
Chihuahua, Chihuahua - Mothers and fathers of disappeared and/or murdered youths in Ciudad Juárez painted about 50 black crosses on a pink background on street poles lining Tecnológico Avenue, where Pope Francis will pass by.
Frightened and intimidated by local police units and the Presidential Guard [responsible for guarding the Pope], at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, they began painting poles and traffic lights from Tecnológico Avenue to Teófilo Borunda Street, across from the Central Park, with the phrases "Not One More" and "Justice Now" .
Norma Laguna Cabral, mother of Idaly Juache Laguna, regretted that organizers [of the Pope's visit] have not authorized a meeting between Pope Francis and relatives of victims of violence, including femicides.
She said that in Chiapas they certainly achieved a meeting with indigenous people, who had seats in front at the Mass, but in Juárez they favored business people through the "Encounter with the World of Work", and they excluded parents of female victims because they are poor.
Norma Laguna's daughter disappeared on February 23, 2010; last year they [authorities] gave her the remains after they found her in the El Navajo arroyo and carried out several tests.
During the painting and press conference, police officers approached the defenders and victims, took their pictures and asked them questions about the activity's organizers and the objective.
Imelda Marrufo, coordinator of the Red Mesa de Mujeres [Network Committee of Women], announced that tomorrow afternoon they will hold a vigil to make a pronouncement on the pontiff's visit. ... Spanish original