Miriam Elizabeth Rodríguez Martínez(5 February 1960 - 10 May 2017) was a Mexican human rights activist.She became one of the many "Missing Child Parents", (aclass of victims of organized crime, labeled as such by local newsmedia) after her daughter was abducted and killed. Miriam was killedby gunmen who broke into her home on 10 May 2017.
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Miriam Elizabeth Rodríguez Martínezwas born on 5 February 1960 in San Fernando in the Mexican state ofTamaulipas. Her daughter, Karen Alejandra Salinas Rodríguez,disappeared in 2012. Karen's remains were eventually discovered in2014. Rodríguez pursued her daughter's killers for years. Some ofthe men arrested for her daughter's case have escaped prison aftertheir arrest. Along with finding her daughter, she was makingefforts to help other parents whose children had disappeared, andfrom it came the Colectivo de Desaparecidos (The Vanished Collective)organization.
Rodríguez was killed on 10 May 2017,the day Mexico celebrates Mother's Day. She was shot 12 times bygunmen who broke into her home, and died on her way to the hospital. In solidarity with her, protesters raised their voices in protest theday she was killed, calling on the Mexican and U.S. governments toensure the safety of human rights defenders.
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