President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador mourned the death of activist Rosary Ibarra of Stonewhom he considered as “heroin” and “one of the more consistent women of recent times” in Mexico.
President López Obrador lamented the death of Rosario Ibarra de Piedra, whom he considered a “heroine” and “one of the most consistent women of recent times” in Mexico.
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– Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) April 18, 2022
At the end of his morning conference at the National Palace, López Obrador affirmed that the death of Rosario Ibarra is a loss for the country.
Doña Rosario, all our love for Doña Rosario, an extraordinary woman, a heroine, although she would not like to be called that, but since she was respectful of freedom, I can say so. She is a loss, she is one of the most consistent women of recent times in the history of our country, an exceptional woman, she leaves her house in search of her son and does not stop doing so until death of her,” she said.
“When they gave him the Belisario Domínguez medal, he could no longer attend, but he sent a letter very much in keeping with his convictions, and he asked me to do everything on my part to find the disappeared and fight together with the families of the victims, violence,” he said.
The National Human Rights Commission of Mexico (CNDH) reported last Saturday the death of Rosario Ibarra de Piedra at 95 years of age.
Visibly moved, López Obrador recalled the struggles he led alongside Rosario Piedra throughout his political career.
And the ‘morning’ musical section returned.
After remembering Rosario Ibarra de Piedra and the love that parents have for their children at all times, President López Obrador asked to play “Amor y Control”, by salsa singer Rubén Blades.
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– Joaquín López-Dóriga (@lopezdoriga) April 18, 2022
Who was Rosario Ibarra de Piedra?
Twice a candidate for the Presidency of Mexico, in 1982 and 1988, Rosario Ibarra was the mother of Jesús Piedra, a member of the Liga Comunista 23 de Septiembre, a clandestine armed group, and who was captured and disappeared by the Federal Directorate of Security in the 1970s.
In her struggle to locate her son, she joined other women with missing family members and in 1977 was a founder of the Eureka Committee in defense of the disappeared, persecuted and exiled in Mexico.
Ibarra was also a senator in 2006 for the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD).
In July 2019, the Chamber of Deputies awarded him the “Eduardo Neri y Legisladores de 1913” Medal of Civic Merit, which is awarded each year to citizens who have distinguished themselves by serving the community, the Republic and humanity, standing out for their civic, political or legislative events.
That same year, the Mexican Senate awarded him the Belisario Domínguez medal, the highest civil recognition in this country.
In addition, together with the now president López Obrador, he led various social struggles in various parts of the country, such as the 1994 Zapatista uprising, the demand to stop and clarify the murder of women in Ciudad Juárez, and the massacres of indigenous people in Chiapas and Guerrero, during the Government of President Ernesto Zedillo (1994-2000)
She was a candidate for the Nobel Peace Prize in 1986, 1987, 1989 and 2006.
With information from López-Dóriga Digital