A large crowd holds up signs with photos of missing persons, marked "DESAPARECIDO," during a protest or march.

Criminals aren’t the only ones responsible for Mexico’s disappeared

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Mothers of missing persons hold photos of their loved ones during a rally held on Mother’s Day in Mexico City on Sunday, May 10, 2026.

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Relatives of Mexico’s disappeared took to the streets yesterday for a Mother’s Day march, calling on authorities to do more to deter kidnappings, abductions and murders. Also, Russia’s war with Ukraine is posing a greater threat to coal than years of demands by environmentalists to cut back its use. And, the US-Israeli war with Iran has triggered a plastic shortage in Asia. Plus, we meet a Cypriot pediatric neurologist behind the discovery of an ultra-rare genetic syndrome.

In This Episode

Mexicans vanish, and it’s not just criminals who are to blame
6:50
War is taking a toll on Russian coal
6:34
US-Israeli war in Iran triggers plastic shortage in Asia
8:08
Venezuela’s socialist revolution faces a reckoning
7:59
The doctor who doesn’t want credit for ‘discovering’ a rare syndrome bearing her name
9:08
Hungary’s incoming health minister busts a move ahead of boss’s inauguration
1:31
Musical duo ‘Los Sara Fontan’ takes sonic experimenting to the next level
6:11