Quintana Roo, Mexico — Family search collectives have succeeded in standardizing the reward for information in missing-persons cases at 250,000 pesos, a measure they say will prevent some victims from being treated as more important than others.
Previously, the reward amount was set at the discretion of authorities and varied widely, from as little as 100,000 pesos to as much as 1.5 million pesos, said Romana Rivera Ramírez, president of the collective Truth, Memory and Justice.
Rivera said the unequal amounts violated families’ rights because they created a hierarchy among missing persons.
The agreement to apply a uniform reward was reached during a March meeting. Collectives are now updating their missing-person bulletins for publication.
The groups have also asked the State Prosecutor’s Office to create a microsite on its website to publish search bulletins, including older cases, so the faces of missing people are not forgotten.
Last week, Truth, Memory and Justice members placed search cards in the nightclub district of the hotel zone, along Tulum Avenue and at Parque de las Palapas.
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