Mexico's president accuses press and volunteer searchers for missing people of 'necrophilia'

Associated Press

9 May 2024 at 2:01 pm

Women carry digging tools at the site where their search team said they found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. At left is Jacqueline Palmeros who has been searching for her disappeared daughter since 2020 in Mexico City, and at right is María de Jesús Soria whose daughter disappeared in Veracruz in 2016, and whose remains were turned over to her in 2022. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Ceci Flores, leader of a "searching mothers" group from northern Mexico, arrives with a shovel at the site where she said her team found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Flores announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards, and prosecutors said they were investigating to determine the nature of the remains. At left is activist Bryan Lebaron. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Women holding digging tools stand at the site where they said they found a clandestine crematorium, as the press and police stand by in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. A leader of one of the groups of so-called "searching mothers" from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards, and prosecutors said they were investigating to determine the nature of the remains. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico City interim Prosecutor Ulises Lara speaks with the mothers of missing children at the site where volunteer searchers said they found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Ceci Flores, a leader of one of the groups of so-called "searching mothers" from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards, and prosecutors said they were investigating to determine the nature of the remains found. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Police tape off the area where volunteers said they have found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. Ceci Flores, a leader of one of the groups of so-called "searching mothers" from northern Mexico, announced late Tuesday that her team had found bones around clandestine burial pits and ID cards, and prosecutors said they were investigating to determine the nature of the remains found. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

Mexico Clandestine Graves

Women carry digging tools at the site where their search team said they found a clandestine crematorium in Tlahuac, on the edge of Mexico City, Wednesday, May 1, 2024. At left is Jacqueline Palmeros who has been searching for her disappeared daughter since 2020 in Mexico City, and at right is María de Jesús Soria whose daughter disappeared in Veracruz in 2016, and whose remains were turned over to her in 2022. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

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The administration of Mexico's president has accused the press and volunteer searchers who look for the bodies of missing people of “necrophilia,” comments that drew criticism this week. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is known for insulting people he views as opponents. It accused reporters and volunteer searchers of suffering “a delirium of necrophilia" for having reported on a suspected clandestine crematorium on the outskirts of Mexico City.

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