Families scour southern Mexico after 40 migrants vanished on a dangerous sea route

Relatives of dozens of missing migrants travelled to Mexico’s southern Pacific coast to search for clues about family members who disappeared while attempting a maritime journey toward the United States. (AP/ Edgar Hernández)

Alicia Santos Torres, from Cuba, shows a sign of her missing son Jorge Alejandro Lozada in San Jose Hueyate, Chiapas state, Mexico, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during a search for migrants who vanished in late 2024 along a maritime smuggling route to the U.S. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

Julia Margarita Bravo Diaz, of Cuba, wearing life jacket, shows photos of missing people, including her daughter Meiling Álvarez Bravo and grandson Samei Armando Reyes Álvarez, to local residents in San Jose Hueyate, Chiapas state, Mexico, Saturday, May 9, 2026, during a search for migrants who vanished in late 2024 along a maritime smuggling route to the U.S. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

People search for migrants who vanished in late 2024 along a maritime smuggling route to the U.S., in San Jose Hueyate, Chiapas state, Mexico, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)

People searching for migrants who vanished in late 2024 along a maritime smuggling route to the U.S. pose with photos of their missing loved ones in Mazatan, Chiapas state, Mexico, Saturday, May 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Edgar H. Clemente)