Mexico Unidentified US-Mexico Border Project

To find my way in the Mexican missing persons pages I had to translate a couple of Spanish words. (some sites don't have an English translation or are static files (a picture) an you can't copy/paste, auto-translate) I put it in here for everybody to use. It's a translation from Spanish to Dutch and English. Maybe it helps a little.
Thanks I took Spanish for two years in high school and I learned some Mexican-Spanish slang from friends. So I understand almost half of the words translated. But, there are some on the list that I do not know haha. Thanks so much for this!! You r a lifesaver!!!
 
Here's some. I'm including cases where remains were found near the border and/or in areas known for migrant activity, as well as cases where they had personal items suggesting they were from Mexico/Central America (ex. currency).

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (extremely strange case- skull found in a plastic bag. NCMEC recon)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (DDP case, has NCMEC recon)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Smuggler who died in a vehicle accident, was transporting 32 immigrants who did not know his identity. PM at link)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Possible first name "Jorge" from Honduras, PM at link)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (PM)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (skull only, has NCMEC recon)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
116UFCO (possibly from Mexico based on dental work)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (VERY graphic, decomposed PM under images/documents)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (skull only, has NCMEC recon)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Graphic PM)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (PM)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10337/details
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/17006
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12296 and https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12295 (found a mile apart from each other on the same day, no info on if the cases are connected. Probably not, based on PMIs)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71573?nav
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8995
http://www.doenetwork.org/cases/1156umfl.html (Possible migrant from Cuba- unsure if I should include him but I figured I may as well)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9647
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8435
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11307
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9437
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9424
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9479 (Possibly from Honduras)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8956 (PM)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8438
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10585
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8957
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/15745
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10983 (NCMEC recon)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8970
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8987 (PM, possible first name "Paco")
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9429
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1304 (Possible last name "Rodriguez")
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/1309 (Solved murder case, but unidentified)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9427 (Possible identity Rolando Eduardo Gomez Valdez from Guatemala)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10114 (NCMEC recon)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12316 (Had a photo of a man and a woman with her, but no way to tell if she is the woman in the picture)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6581 (Had a cell phone number with her traced to an "Angel Montes")
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/5460
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12743 (UID is female, but had a Mexican ID for a man named Santos Mendoza Tenangueno)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/6766
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16073 and https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16074 (found together)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/8796 (Had photo of two women with him)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/5510
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10251 (From Mexico/Central America based on isotope testing)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/10653
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/3674 (NCMEC recon)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12078
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/5133
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/9040 (PM)
 
Here's a few more. All of the previous ones were from the unidentified wikia, now I'm just focusing on NamUs. Using similar categories to my previous lists- Found in border towns/by border patrol/in areas known for migrant activity, or had personal belongings suggesting they were from Central America.

New Mexico:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Possible first name 'Jorge')
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Bicyclist hit by a vehicle, survived for 3 years after the accident. There's pictures of him in the hospital. There's a poster on NamUs asking for information in Spanish.)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Possible name Jose Arturo Rosa Buego)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Possible name Antonio Perez, PM)

Arizona, 2020 cases only:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Counterfeit ID with name Juan Tiu Tojin, living photo)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Had Guatemalan currency)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Guatemalan currency)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Had Mexican ID with name Pedro Lopez Gomez, living photo)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Fingerprint hit to Augustin Lopez Lopez with living photo, had a piece of paper with him with the name Manuel Lunes Ernandes)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/73915
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/73582
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/73560
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/73293
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/73773
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/72698
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/72787
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/73098
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/72405
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/72368
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/72435
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/66347
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71763
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/67431
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71398
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71404
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71940
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71072
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69800
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71066
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/71071
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70734
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70690
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70726
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70877
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70487
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70820
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70186
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70483
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70612
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70181
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70176
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/65037
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/70486
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/68704 (Possible name Eduardo Flores Mendez)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69736
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69726
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/67378 (Had Mexican voter ID with name Anatolio Garcia, living photo)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69770
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69031
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69028
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69244
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/69368
 
I'm trying to compile a list of missing persons who disappeared while crossing the border. Here are the people I've found from 2018-2020. Some are in Spanish, so I did my best to translate what I could.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Denis Ezequiel Solis Hernandez
Denis is a Nicaraguan national who crossed the Mexico/USA border illegally in Southeast Texas on 6/11/2019. No one has heard through him since. All efforts to locate him in ICE's custody have proved fruitless.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Antonio Maximilio Lopez Cotiy
Antonio left Guatemala on May 30, 2019, with a group coming thru Mexico to cross the border. On June 17, 2019, Antonio sent a text to his father saying that he was in McAllen Texas. His feet were hurting him, but he was about to continue walking to Houston. On June 21, 2019, a Guatemalan national who was traveling with the group called Antonio's father to say they had to leave Antonio behind because his feet were hurting him and he was unable to walk further.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Alexander Josuah Guillén Rodríguez
The date that he would cross the border: departed from June 1st from McAllen, Texas to Houston, from that day he did not write to us again, nor call us. The gentleman who told us says that my son was left in a place belonging to Sarita, Texas, 15 minutes from a round water pool about 2 feet high and close to a tower with propellers and a large tree, before Check Point. According to his account, my son was left there deceased.


The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Luis Felipe Franco-Arredondo
Luis was crossing into the United States from Mexico with a group of undocumented [immigrants]. Luis' group was intercepted by US Border Patrol on 06/07/19 but Luis was not with the group as he was left behind due to a leg injury. Luis has not had any contact with his family since June 2019.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Wilson Geovanny Tzoc Guerra
Wilson traveled from Guatemala to Mexico via bus and was last known at the border of Sonora. He was traveling with an uncle but they were separated by "Coyotes" and then the uncle was deported.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Cory Bideyma Roblero-Ortiz
Cory crossed into the US by the Sasabe port of entry and passed mile marker 21 (AZ 286). She was given a cellphone by her guide and was told to find her way to Tucson. A search of the area was conducted by Pima County Sheriff's Department and Border Patrol with negative results.


The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jonny Omar Fuentes
CRUZANDO EL DESIERTO POR PIEDRAS NEGRAS- Jonny was reportedly crossing the desert through Mexico near Piedras Negras along Eagle Pass. According to family members, Jonny was being assisted by a group en route to the United States. Jonny complained of pains in his stomach, so the group left him behind.


The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Maria Domingo Diaz
Maria was crossing the border between Mexico and the United States from Reynosa, Tamaulipas.


The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jesler Ariel Lopez Espana
Jesler Ariel Lopez Espana illegally crossed from Mexico into the United States and then attempted to circumvent the Falfurrias USBP checkpoint. On August 18, 2019, the Honduran Consulate in the City of McAllen, Texas, received information that Lopez Espana had become dehydrated and had been left behind "somewhere in the Falfurrias desert, close to some windmills in an area close to a location the callers named as 'the 30,' near a fence."

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Dorlyn Uliset Valle Enrriquez
Dorlyn Uliset Valle Enriquez left Honduras and arrived at the City of Piedras Negras, State of Coahuila, Mexico with the intention of illegally crossing into the United States in the vicinity of the City of Eagle Pass, Maverick County, Texas. The last communication was between him and a brother via telephone messages on or about April 17, 2019.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Francisco Cajtunaj Tzep
Migrant is believed to have crossed from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico into Laredo, Webb County, Texas, through an unknown location along the Rio Grande river.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jaime Luis Calel Ixcoy
Jaime is believed to have crossed from Mexico into the United States through the Ri[o] Grande River, at an unknown location in the vicinity of the city of McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Marta Julia Chan Puac
Marta is believed to have crossed from Mexico into the U.S. through the Rio Grande at an unknown location in the vicinity of the City of Laredo, Webb County, Texas.


The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Axel Domingo Talavera Munoz
Crossed from Mexico into the area near McAllen, Hidalgo County, Texas. During the last contact, he claimed to be in route to circumvent the Falfurrias USBP checkpoint. [The] reporting party stated that other members of his group were detained by USBP and told USBP that Axel had fallen ill and was left behind by the coyote

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Cesar Ismael Sierra Caal
Migrant is believed to have crossed into the United States from Mexico at an unknown location along the Rio Grande river.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Juan Alexander Saminez Julajuj
Saminez Julajuj is believed to have crossed from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico into Laredo, Webb County, Texas, through an unknown location along the Rio Grande river.


The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jose Armando Ramos López
Ramos López is believed to have crossed from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico into Laredo, Webb County, Texas, through an unknown location along the Rio Grande river.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Juan Cristobal Machic Zapil
Crossed into the United States from Mexico into Texas.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Hector Ic- Ical
Hector is believed to have crossed from Matamoros, Mexico through the Rio Grande River at an unknown location in the vicinity of Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Edy Daniel Garcia Alvarado
Edy was last heard from on or about May 17, 2018. It is unknown whether he crossed the Rio Grande or not. Family members believe he may have crossed into Laredo, Webb County, Texas from Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. The case was entered to assist NamUs in DNA sample collection.

The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
Jaime Arias Hernandez
Jaime is believed to have crossed from Mexico into the U.S. by crossing the Rio Grande with a group. His last communication was via mobile phone, and he had advised family members he had crossed into Texas and had walked about two days with a group, before being left behind because he had blisters on his feet and could no longer keep up with the group. He had advised he had water and other supplies and did not appear to be distressed.


I'm sure this is not exhaustive, but these are just what I could find on NAMUS.


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Some cases from Texas:
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Chinese national who drowned while trying to cross into the US from Mexico. PM photos of tattoos)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Peruvian ID with name Oscar Alfredo Palacios)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Possibly from Guatemala)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs) (Possible name Francisco Javier Cruz Cante)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
The National Missing and Unidentified Persons System (NamUs)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/53825
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/51402
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/51656
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/17742
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/15553 (PM)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14137 (Tentatively identified as Arturo de la Garza-Torres from Mexico)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14522
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16211
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16210
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/16207
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14046
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13989
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13782
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13599
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13121
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13783
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12969
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13169
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13603
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13785
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/15304
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/15115
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/17654
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14318
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13598
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12312
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11771
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12914
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12531
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11993 (Had fake Mexican birth certificate with name Ruben Mejia Chun)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/12306
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/13470
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14012
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/15485 (Tentatively identified as Jose Armando Garcia Mendez from Mexico)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/14044 (Guatemalan currency)
https://www.namus.gov/UnidentifiedPersons/Case#/11632
 
Thanks everybody for all the hard work. Actually seeing all the files in here brings back sad and overwhelming feelings I had previously, after noticing the incredible amount of people missing from Mexico or died during a border crossing. Also the feeling of frustration about the fact that Mexico still isn't able to organize a good working and searchable national data base of missing persons. and information is all over the place that makes is so hard to look for MP's and match those that are found deceased in America.

For me the amount is so overwhelming that I don't know where to start, kind of blocking my brain, besides working on some specific threads of found individuals.

I want to look at it positive. Maybe we can make a different. So again: thanks.
 
@Dylansmom08 I am so glad that you started this thread. I joined a lot of missing persons groups on Facebook that are based in Mexico and other countries where Spanish is the main language spoken because I had been posting to them quite often about a Jane Doe I've been trying to find a match to.

While in those groups, I got curious about the unidentified deceased people found at the border and I started looking through NamUs and wow...I was stunned at how many there were because some of them have very recognizable faces, ID cards, papers with names and phone numbers on them...so I started tracking the cases that I felt might have a good chance of being solved.

I'm tracking over 90 cases in NamUs right now where it appears the unidentified deceased were border crossers. I started a Word document that had the NamUs case numbers that I was tracking along with a short description of the case beside those numbers. All of the people that I'm tracking right now are women. I can post the information from my Word document but I need to go through and clean it up a bit before posting it here.

@Bit of hope thank you for translating those terms. That is SO helpful!
 
@Sleuth91 That would be a great addition to this thread thank you for your interest in helping with this seemingly impossible mission. It is overwhelming when you look at the bigger picture of just how many there are in the databases that remain unidentified and to think that each one of them has a family somewhere that is waiting, worrying and praying for information about them. I really appreciate your time and efforts to help in such a massive undertaking.
 
All of the hard work is finally starting to pay off I had someone message me this afternoon that one of the many posters I created and flooded social media with is their missing loved one. I should feel so proud that we are making a difference but it is a sad moment that someone had to find out over social media that their family member they have been missing almost a year is no longer living. I gave them the contact information for the medical examiner office and the sheriffs office so that they can find out what the next steps are for the family as well as sending our condolences and thoughts their way. I will update if they let me know anything more now time to dry my eyes and get back to work we are making a difference.
 
Okay here is a problem that I am having now and I don't know what to do about it I have been getting responses from the posters I am making but they are telling me that when they call the medical examiners office they are being told that no one speaks Spanish. How is that possible they have all of these unidentified people from Mexico yet not one Spanish speaking person in their office? That sounds strange to me and now they are all trying to turn to me for help and I don't know what to do here. I am glad and sad that I am seeing progress in matching unidentified's with families but how are they supposed to claim the bodies if no one speaks Spanish or will even try to help them? I'm at a loss here as to what to do with this situation really feeling like I am in over my head at this point. If anyone has any ideas to finding a solution please let me know.
 
Okay here is a problem that I am having now and I don't know what to do about it I have been getting responses from the posters I am making but they are telling me that when they call the medical examiners office they are being told that no one speaks Spanish. How is that possible they have all of these unidentified people from Mexico yet not one Spanish speaking person in their office? That sounds strange to me and now they are all trying to turn to me for help and I don't know what to do here. I am glad and sad that I am seeing progress in matching unidentified's with families but how are they supposed to claim the bodies if no one speaks Spanish or will even try to help them? I'm at a loss here as to what to do with this situation really feeling like I am in over my head at this point. If anyone has any ideas to finding a solution please let me know.
I had a similar situation with my Jane Doe. I had been posting her to predominately Spanish-speaking missing persons groups on Facebook and I had a woman reach out to me thinking it was her missing sister and the woman did not speak English. When she contacted the police department to speak with an investigator, they had to bring in a translator and from the way it sounded the translator didn’t actually work at the PD.

I’m wondering if maybe the people that you’ve been in contact with on Facebook may have tried to understand the English that the ME office was speaking but misunderstood about there not being a translator available? Maybe it is just that the translator was not there at the time that they called. It might seem like a stretch but something similar to that happened in the situation with the Jane Doe I mentioned previously. Could you maybe contact the Medical Examiners’ office yourself and explain the situation and ask if they have a translator available or if they could bring one in? Which US state is this in? (if you don’t mind me asking)
 
@Dylansmom08 it doesnt sound strange to me at all. I know someone woth 50 Spanish speaking people on a jobsite amd 1 person to translate, if that persons is not there the communication breakdown is horrific I mean - pushing back completion dates by weeks. All that to say- it can be incredibly difficult to find someone that speaks both Spanish and has the skill set for a job title that is currently at their office. Budgets and all that.
I have an idea- it may not hurt to find a group willing to translate. This would require volunteer work by someone. Maybe you can find that Spanish speaking group say...a group with the heart for the Mexican ppl already- have their number listed in your post and that group ready to phone the medical examiner on the inquiring family's behalf. Maybe even have a Google drive document available for the family and someone to translate the google drive document- not Google translator a very fluent Spanish/English speaker. There would be no oversight, but man who could pass up the chance to help someone find out the fate of a missing loved one. Maybe you are the person to connect the people to do the job? You would need to locate an interested Spanish speaker/group in adavnce, then ask the ME office who handles inquiries: their name, number and email address- to share with the group working on behalf of Mexican citizens. This is just networking but also a bit daunting to locate the perfect group. you are a special person if you can pull this thing together. But something tells me you are the person for this job. Has to be a way to do this to make it effective. They (UIDs) already have numbers assigned so thats helpful. The family needs the UID number to make the inquiry . The person making the call MUST care about the family's inquiry, keep it organized etc.
This is a lot of free flowing rough draft here, sorry, I just want to encourage you!
 
@Dylansmom08 it doesnt sound strange to me at all. I know someone woth 50 Spanish speaking people on a jobsite amd 1 person to translate, if that persons is not there the communication breakdown is horrific I mean - pushing back completion dates by weeks. All that to say- it can be incredibly difficult to find someone that speaks both Spanish and has the skill set for a job title that is currently at their office. Budgets and all that.
I have an idea- it may not hurt to find a group willing to translate. This would require volunteer work by someone. Maybe you can find that Spanish speaking group say...a group with the heart for the Mexican ppl already- have their number listed in your post and that group ready to phone the medical examiner on the inquiring family's behalf. Maybe even have a Google drive document available for the family and someone to translate the google drive document- not Google translator a very fluent Spanish/English speaker. There would be no oversight, but man who could pass up the chance to help someone find out the fate of a missing loved one. Maybe you are the person to connect the people to do the job? You would need to locate an interested Spanish speaker/group in adavnce, then ask the ME office who handles inquiries: their name, number and email address- to share with the group working on behalf of Mexican citizens. This is just networking but also a bit daunting to locate the perfect group. you are a special person if you can pull this thing together. But something tells me you are the person for this job. Has to be a way to do this to make it effective. They (UIDs) already have numbers assigned so thats helpful. The family needs the UID number to make the inquiry . The person making the call MUST care about the family's inquiry, keep it organized etc.
This is a lot of free flowing rough draft here, sorry, I just want to encourage you!
@proctorelites @Dylansmom08 There is a volunteer group that searches for remains of immigrants in areas known for migrant activity. Here is an article about them: Thousands Are Missing or Dead Along the Border. Meet the People Trying to Find Them

The name of the group is Armadillos Búsqueda y Rescate. I would imagine some of them are Spanish speakers. I have no idea if they could help with your issue but it might be somewhere to start or they might could guide you to someone who could help.
 
@proctorelites @Dylansmom08 There is a volunteer group that searches for remains of immigrants in areas known for migrant activity. Here is an article about them: Thousands Are Missing or Dead Along the Border. Meet the People Trying to Find Them

The name of the group is Armadillos Búsqueda y Rescate. I would imagine some of them are Spanish speakers. I have no idea if they could help with your issue but it might be somewhere to start or they might could guide you to someone who could help.

And there is Border Angels

Their mission:
Border Angels promotes a culture of love through advocacy, education, by creating a social consciousness, and engaging in direct action to defend the rights of migrants and refugees.

They have a volunteer coordinator: Marian Ruiz. Maybe you could send her a mail with your question.
Volunteer marian@borderangels.org

Our work with Armadillos Busqueda Y Rescate

Maybe they can be of some help.
 
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Thank you all for the wonderful ideas I will reach out to the groups mentioned above and see if I can get a response. If all else fails I will call the ME myself and ask what can be done the only reason I haven't is because I have heard other people's horror stories dealing with ME's and law enforcement and I don't want to be yelled at or talked down to it really gets my PTSD triggered. However, I won't give up on reaching out to people by email I even emailed the NamUs contact for one and asked if they could help in any way but I never got a response so I take that as a no. I'm just stubborn enough to keep sending out messages until I find the right people for the job. Thanks again for all of the encouragement.
 

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