• Forced dissaperances, Julia is in the search for her daughter Gertudis who was lost during a trip with her friends.

• Impotence, the movie talks about the feeling of not knowing what to do with the dissaperance and it represents how many people in real life feel

• Corruption, the government is very unefficient with the case Julia is presenting them and they don't help at all

• Woman Solidarity, the group of women that help Julia is a very important part of the film in which they (women; sisters, activists and family of other missing peoplpe) all come together to help each other in these hard times

• Media, the charachter of the journalist April helps amplify the case and bring attention to it and that is a very important representation of how media helps bring attention to those kinds of issues

Which do you consider was the most relevant role regarding the issue: the one of the media, the people or the authorities? Justify your answer.

The people, because at the end of the day the authorities want to hide that there are disappeared people and they don’t go to extremes to look for them. The people who do it for solidarity, are the people who actually care to look and find a missing person. The media is not the most relevant because they usually lie and say what the government tells them to say.

How much does the government help or not in the search for the people that are missing? And if they are not helping why do you think that is?

What is the best way we can get to help the organization as high school students?

• Biased language that shifts blame (revictimization)

Throughout this news video you can tell that there is a lot of blame shift to politicians and the government in general. In the video some activists mention that no matter which political party is in charge at the moment, the lack of interest and results given to the victims’ families stays the same. This blame shift causes the news to be biased cause even though the government could help enormously to minimize and resolve this issue, they are not the ones directly responsible for the disappearances, and the blame should be put to the terrorist groups that cause the dissaperances in the first place.

• Lack of victim representation or missing voices:  (mins. 0:30, 0:50)

Victims’ families have taken matters into their own hands and merit since the government has not helped find justice for the victims. Even in different states, different cases of missing people all agree that political participation in Mexico is not enough to help find these victims. Juan Carlos Gutierrez, director of the activist movement Idheas mentioned in the video that the lack of institutional willpower to take action and represent these people. There is no help and these activists have to take all the responsibility to represent this issue.

• Government or official narratives dominating the report

The news mentions that it does not matter which governmental party is in charge they all have had the same lack of efforts to solve this issue. 

• Sensationalism or omission of key facts

The news was pretty complete and there was not a lot of omission of facts, but there was some sensationalism in the fact that there was no mention in the news article of any gruesome details about the cases or how the conditions of the people that were found were or how the protest may have been violent.

After having heard what some of the members of FUNDENL had to say about the disappearances in NL and how bad the problem is and how little there is to do for the people that have been affected we believe that media can 100% help improve their chances of helping and of being heard about the issue so it can be reduced. Social media has been proven to be a form of communication with not only your community but people all over the world, so we believe that if they started implementing the use of media they would reach way more people and therefore get recognized by people who could help the association. In the conference the speakers mentioned how they reach people by talking to others on the street, putting quilts in parks, etc. This is a good way but we believe using the advantage of social media can be way more useful for them. In the conference they also mentioned that when they went to do protest they were not well received by the government and others, by using media they can get everyone to be on their favor and therefore the government to allow the protests and even help the association afterward.

This scene it's very sensitive, Julia was walking and she entered on a protest, were she felt very confused, but good, she had a lot of feelings and emotions, she started crying because she noticed how everyone supports everyone and that you are not alone, she’s not the only one with a sad story and what happened to her happens to millions of people, she felt more comfortable but she felt very affected because she remembered everything that happened to her with her daughter.

This scene represents how civic participation is very important because it helps Julia feel more validated and seen by others. The people that are helping her search for her daughter and doing something about her disappearance make the mourn that she is feeling easier and it makes Julia feel like she is actually doing something and not just waiting.

This scene shows the involvement of the government because it is when a new “fiscal” is assigned to the case and Gertrudi’s mom is complaining that it is the third one that is assigned to the case and nobody has resolved anything.

These two stories relate to one another because they are both about people grieving and looking to avenge their lost family members. In both of these stories there is a lack of government action and in general the situations are similar, with activists having to take charge of seeking justice and no government action is taken.

Which of the 7 ways to participate mentioned in the Module suits best to describe Mrs. Lety Hidalgo and FUNDENL ´s activism? Select at least 2 and justify its connection by providing examples shared at the Conference.

Volunteering & Campaigning. In the conference, Mrs. Lety Hidalgo spoke to us about how important it was for the community to volunteer during their events. They are always volunteers who help them in their search for dissapeared people. Campaigning also relates to them because it is basically what they do. They organize campaigns in order to create awareness and concienticize people. This also helps to make the problem more known and hoping for change in the future.

How Mrs. Lety Hidalgo actions and civic participation had created a positive changed both for yourself and others? Explain

Mrs. Lety Hidalgo's actions have created a positive change because it has created awareness in many communities and people are more careful about their whereabouts because they know what can happen. It has also created a change because many people have contributed to the search of bodies of the missing persons.

The article always speaks respectfully of the victims and the case, but there is a text where the message can be misinterpreted, as if they were not giving it the necessary importance and are minimizing it when they say "that it is not confirmed that those responsible were agents of the state." This can be interpreted as a strategy to remove the responsibility or the burden that the state was bearing. It can be seen as if they wanted to get rid of the problem quickly without worrying about many aspects.

• Lack of victim representation or missing voices

The article does include the voices of the victims' families or the victims themselves, but they could have more dialogue or given more importance to their feelings, their experience, the impact they had after the disappearance, and what the legal and mental process was like. This could make people feel that they are paying attention to the families and are genuinely trying to help them.

• Government or official narratives dominating the report

The article mentions several things about the government's position, but I think it could have been said less, since many of the things it said were not confirmed and there was not enough evidence to prove them.

• Sensationalism or omission of key facts

The article is well written and structured, but I think some important details were omitted, such as the government saying things without having the evidence to back up what it was saying. They don't say much about the backgrounds of the people or how many cases are similar or how many disappearances there are. This can generate doubts and lack of understanding in the readers.

REFERENCE APA

Rojas, A, G. (2018, abril 27). El dramático "caso Alvarado" que llevó a la CorteIDH a juzgar por primera vez a México por desapariciones forzadas. BBC News Mundo. https://www.bbc.com/mundo/noticias-america-latina-43921261#:~:text=Por%20primera%20vez%2C%20la%20Corte,prima%20de%20los%20otros%20dos.&text=Los%20hechos%20ocurrieron%20en%20la,Convenci%C3%B3n%20Americana%20sobre%20Derechos%20Humanos.&text=Las%20audiencias%20sobre%20el%20caso,el%20primer%20semestre%20de%202019.

It doesn’t explicitly blame it on what she was wearing, but it is one of the first things it mentions. The person explaining the problem says it as if it were one of the most important things to mention about the case.

Lack of victim representation or missing voices

This video doesn’t have a lack of victim representation because it is not stating any opinions of other people. It is just stating facts about the case.

Government or official narratives dominating the report

The government of Quintana Roo applied a protocol called “Protocolo Alba”, and it is an immediate search of the missing person.

Sensationalism or omission of key facts

There is no sensationalism in this video since the video is only stating facts about the disappearance. It is not explaining details and opinions about the way she was dressed, nor blaming it on anything she did.

APA

El Editor Platense. (2025, April 15). Buscan a una turista argentina desaparecida en México. TikTok. https://www.tiktok.com/@eleditorplatense/video/7493697384485096711?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7470972928029869574