Teresa González Murillo

Teresa "Teresita" González Murillo (1972–2025) was a Mexican human rights activist. She became a madre buscadora following the enforced disappearance of her brother Jaime in 2024. González Murillo was murdered in 2025 while searching for her brother.

Activism González Murillo was the leader of a group of street vendors operating in downtown Guadalajara, Jalisco. Her brother, Jaime González Murillo, was last seen on 2 September 2024 in the Centro neighbourhood of Guadalajara. González Murillo began appearing in a number of audio and visual materials demanding justice for the victims of enforced disappearances in Jalisco, and was a member of the madres buscadoras collective Luz de la Esperanza Desaparecidos Jalisco. One of her last public appearances was at a demonstration on 15 March 2025 to commemorate victims found in clandestine graves at a ranch linked to organised crime in Teuchitlán.

As a result of her activism, González Murillo had received threats from organised crime groups, and had sought protection from the federal government's human rights protection mechanism. González Murillo's teenage daughter was assaulted outside of her high school, which led to González Murillo seeking support from the Guadalajara police.

Attempted kidnapping and death On 27 March 2025, González Murillo was the victim of an attempted kidnapping at her home in San Marcos, Guadalajara. It was reported that three men on motorcycles had attempted to take her away, and when they were unsuccessful, shot González Murillo at least twice. She was transported to a local hospital, where she was reported to be in critical condition.

Three days after the attack, Luz de la Esperanza Desaparecidos Jalisco criticised the Ministry of the Interior's failure to activate its protection mechanism for journalists and human rights activists for González Murillo and her family.

González Murillo's murder made her the 26th murdered buscadora in Mexico since 2011.