‘Please, Give Me Back My Daughter’

<p>When her daughter Karen was kidnapped in 2014, Miriam Rodríguez knew the Zetas, a cartel that ran organized crime in her town of San Fernando, Mexico, were responsible.</p><p>From the hopelessness that her daughter may never return came resolve: She vowed to find all those responsible and bring them to justice.</p><p>One by one, Ms. Rodríguez tracked these people down through inventive, homespun detective methods.</p><p>Today, we share the story of her three-year campaign for justice.</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/azam-ahmed?smid=pc-thedaily">Azam Ahmed</a>, The New York Times’s bureau chief for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean.</p><p>For an exclusive look at how the biggest stories on our show come together, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/newsletters/the-daily?module=inline">subscribe to our newsletter</a>. You can read the latest edition <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/column/the-daily-newsletter">here</a>.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Armed with a handgun, a fake ID card and disguises, Miriam Rodríguez was a one-woman detective squad, defying a system where criminal impunity often prevails.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/world/americas/miriam-rodriguez-san-fernando.html?smid=pc-thedaily"> Read Azam's full story </a>(also <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/es/2020/12/13/espanol/tamaulipas-desaparecidos-miriam-rodriguez.html" target="_blank">available in Spanish here</a>).</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily.</a> Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>