Teresa Magueyal

Teresa Magueyal Ramírez (1958 – 2 May 2023), also known as Doña Tere, was a Mexican human rights activist and madre buscadora. Following the disappearance of her son José Luis, she became a member of the collective Una Promesa por Cumplir, composed of the families of missing people in the state of Guanajuato searching for their relatives.

Activism On 6 April 2020, Magueyal's 31-year-old son, José Luis Apaseo Magueyal, disappeared in Celaya, Guanajuato, while travelling to a shop to purchase food for his family. Following this, Magueyal joined Una Promesa por Cumplir , a Celaya-based collective comprising 70 families of disappeared people in the Bajío region. The collective conducted its own investigations into disappearances, citing the ineffective response from local authorities. Guanajuato, which contains territory disputed by several cartels, has seen over 3,000 people disappear since 2019.

Death On 2 May 2023, Magueyal was shot dead by two men on a motorbike while riding her bike near her home in , Celaya. She was the sixth member of Una Promesa por Cumplir to be killed since 2021, and the sixth family searcher to be killed in Guanajuato since 2020.

Response Front Line Defenders expressed its concern at violence against female human rights activists, and criticised Mexican authorities for a lack of protection for human rights activists and for facilitating a "climate of impunity" for perpetrators.