MEXICO CITY – A body was found this Thursday inside an abandoned cistern on a property in northern Mexico, reported authorities from the state of Nuevo León, who are investigating whether it corresponds to the young Debanhi Susana Escobar Bazaldúa, who disappeared in the past. April 9.
In a statement, the State Attorney General’s Office indicated that the body was located in a cistern located on a property that belongs to the Motel Nuevo Castilla, on the Monterrey-New highway. Laredo, and explained that they will investigate whether it is the missing young woman.
“At this time it is not possible to establish general characteristics of the lifeless person, which will be reported upon completion of the work carried out by the criminalists assigned for the extraction”, the Prosecutor’s Office said in the statement.
“The victim’s family has been duly notified and assisted by an interdisciplinary team, pending the results two of the investigative procedures”, added the report.
In addition, the Prosecutor’s Office said that Civil Protection agents are the ones who carry out the work to extract the body from the tank, which due to the conditions of abandonment, the presence of water and the depth “presents technical difficulties for the field experts”. questions the authorities outside the motel: “Why did you take so long? How many times have you been here?”
For several weeks, Mexico has been awaiting the increase in disappearances in the state of Nuevo León.
Even last week the formation of a “special group” was announced to deal with this type of crime, in addition to the creation of a Task Force made up of various security institutions that began its operations. ions with the search for Debanhi Susana Escobar, aged 18 who disappeared on April 9 on a section of the Monterrey-Nuevo Laredo highway after to go to a party with two friends.
Femicides and disappearances have been on the rise in Mexico since the 1990 , continued to rise in the so-called war against drug trafficking that began in 2006 and now more than 10 women are murdered every day, according to official figures.
On Tuesday, several dozen women marched in the center of Mexico City asking for justice for the disappearance of young people, especially in the state of Nuevo León, where there is a wave and the authorities reported that up to eight disappearances were registered per day.
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