Sonora, Mexico- Families searching for the disappeared
A cigarette break. Between searches.
Ana Luisa with a police officer assigned for protection. Friday, outside Hermosillo.
Digging where the ground is soft. Searching for buried remains.
Search terrain. Sonora desert.
Sonora desert.
Forensic specialists clear the scene.
Members of Madres Buscadoras after the day's search. Group photograph.
Search terrain. Sonora desert.
Ana Luisa's. Her son Brayan's photo, printed over her chest.
Members dig for traces.
He pulls the rod from the ground. Smells it for signs of decomposition.
GPS on the dashboard. Driving to a clandestine graves found that morning.
A toy machine gun in the back seat. On the way to the field.
The search continues along the road. Madres Buscadoras, military, and police.
Searching an area used as a dump. Military and garbage, side by side.
The organization in the field. They search almost every day.
Members dig for traces. Sonora desert.
She pulls the rod from the ground. Smells it for signs of decomposition.
A phone and a cigarette. A break during the search.
Members cross a barrier in the field. Many sites are on private land.
Portrait. Member of Madres Buscadoras.
Cristóbal wears his missing son's portrait on his sweater. Name and date below the photo.
"Promise fulfilled." The sweater of the woman who found her son.
A grandmother searching for her grandchild. Madres Buscadoras, Sonora.
The search continues. Military escort.
Members and soldiers navigate the desert together. Many sites are on private land.
Forensic specialists in blue suits. Working the scene in the dry desert.
Sonora. The desert where they search.
Members search the terrain. Madres Buscadoras, Sonora.
Ana Luisa smells flowers during a break. The search resumes in the afternoon.
A tip led them to a private farm. One of many anonymous calls.
They pick flowers before going back. A pause between searches.
Desert landscape. Near Hermosillo.
Police and military close the road. Remains have been found.
A man with a shovel. In the field.
Members at the roadside where remains were found. Outside Hermosillo.
Ana Luisa and Jennifer photograph the remains. Posted to Facebook in hope of identification.
The skeleton of an unidentified woman. Found at the side of a road.
The remains of a woman, found at the roadside. Outside Hermosillo.
Her belongings. Found one hour outside Hermosillo.
Ana Luisa holds a fragment of the woman's jaw. Blue plastic glove.
Cristóbal moves through difficult terrain. Madres Buscadoras, Sonora.
A sun-bleached cap. It belonged to the woman found at the roadside.
Jennifer in the family bedroom. With her brother.
Jennifer. Daughter of Ana Luisa, sister of Brayan.
Jennifer and Cecilia at dinner at Ana Luisa's. Both have lost brothers.
Ana Luisa shows a phone photo of a rib bone. A grave where a person was recently found.
Jennifer looks at a photo of her missing brother. His name is Brayan.
Inside Ana Luisa's home. Sonora.
Ana Luisa shows a phone photo of a body, half-buried. A fresh grave.
Portrait. Member of Madres Buscadoras.
Jesús, son of Cecilia, founder of Madres Buscadoras. Behind him, the office walls are covered in photos of the missing.
A woman's hand on a shovel handle. In the field.
Women on the road after a skeleton is found in the ditch. Sonora.
Son of Cecilia Flores, founder of Madres Buscadoras. His brothers are missing. One was found last week on carretera 26.
