Relatives of Mexico's disappeared hold Mother's day

Thousands of people, led by mothers of those who have disappeared during decades of drug violence, marched in Mexico's capital on Sunday, protesting the violence and impunity plaguing the country as it prepares to co-host the FIFA World Cup.



Collectives of mothers of the missing, who march every Mother's Day, called on soccer fans to join them, saying in a statement that "there is nothing to celebrate, because the mothers of Mexico are playing the most difficult match: the one for justice."



Mexico has more than 130,000 missing people, with disappearances surging after 2006, when the country launched its war on drug cartels.



Police and other government officials are often implicated in the crimes.



Mothers who search for their missing children themselves when authorities fail to act are sometimes also targeted by criminal groups and killed.



In March, Mexican authorities said they had potentially identified more than 40,000 people listed as disappeared who may be alive, after a review of the national registry of missing persons showed some activity across other government records.