Heartfelt easter marches

For the second year, Guadalajara’s Barrio de Analco neighborhood staged a dramatic Good Friday Marcha del Silencio (Procession of Silence) to honor Our Lady of Solitude.

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This tradition originated in Spain around the 13th century and is celebrated most vividly in Mexico in the city of San Luis Potosi.

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Meanwhile, religious organizations, migrants and their supporters took part in a procession of the Stations of the Cross (víacrucis) along a section of the city’s railway tracks. Also participating were a group of mothers whose children have disappeared.