The Slow Decay of Mexican Fathers Searching for Their Missing Children

Fathers of the missing do everything possible to give their families hope, normalcy, and closure

People take part in a march on January 26, 2015, at the Zócalo square in Mexico City commemorating four months of the disappearance of 43 students from Ayotzinapa. Photo: Alfredo Estrella/Getty Images

Adolfo López Ramírez always wears a tucked-in button-down shirt; he looks steady even though he must do the unimaginable.