Mothers of femicide victims accused the authorities in San Luis Potosí of perpetuating impunity, a lack of effective investigations, and institutional silence in the handling of violence cases, while they continue to bear the burden of seeking justice for their murdered daughters.
On May 14, “State Day for Justice for Victims of Femicide,” a date that families and collectives have redefined as a day of remembrance and a demand for justice, Susana González, mother of Lupita Viramontes, stated that this commemoration “is not a day of celebration,” but rather a reminder of “the historical debt that the State owes to women victims of violence and to the families who have faced impunity, institutional indifference, and revictimization.”
She maintained that each murdered woman represents a life cut short by a system that continues to fail in its obligation to protect women, and warned that the memory of the victims cannot be appropriated by institutions without listening to the families who continue to demand justice.
She added that speeches and temporary campaigns are not enough and demanded intelligent investigations, effective access to justice, comprehensive reparations for indirect victims, and public policies developed in collaboration with families and feminist collectives.
For her part, Esperanza Pontigo, mother of Karla Pontigo, criticized the lack of statements from the three branches of government regarding the date and the situation of femicides in the state.
She stated that, despite years of demands, the institutions still do not respond effectively and denounced the lack of a specialized femicide prosecutor’s office to handle these cases rigorously.
“We are the ones who investigate, we are the ones who carry out many of the tasks,” Pontigo asserted, highlighting the burden that mothers face in their search for justice.
Both mothers agreed that the struggle remains alive because impunity persists and because, they asserted, the State continues to fail to guarantee justice for the women murdered in San Luis Potosí. “Because without memory, there is no justice. Because no struggle is individual when the pain is collective. Justice for all, not one less,” they concluded.
Source: Pulso
