In 2011, a wave of unprecedented violence in Monterrey—fueled by Mexico’s so-called “War on Drugs”—triggered a quiet diaspora as many families, including my own, fled their homes in search of safety. What began as a deeply personal experience of displacement soon revealed itself as part of a larger collective rupture. This photographic series documents the empty homes left behind, spaces once full of life now marked by absence and memory. Through these images, I seek to preserve the trace of those who were forced to leave—refusing to let time erase their presence, their stories, or the emotional weight of a city transformed by violence.
