“Bermuda Triangle”, the dangerous road where two American women disappeared in Mexico

A section of Mexican Federal Highway 80, which connects the states of Nuevo León and Tamaulipas, has gained notoriety due to the alarming number of disappearances and violent crimes that occur in the area. In this region, known as the “Bermuda Triangle” or “The Highway of Terror,” two American women were reported missing.

According to the Specialized Immediate Search Group of the Nuevo León Attorney General’s Office, the women disappeared on May 15. Their names are Juana Marcela Rojo Chávez, 55 years old, and her daughter Jessica García Rojo, 16.

Both were last seen driving a white 2019 model Dodge Caravan pickup truck with New Mexico license plate 609-XBC, the Efe news agency noted.

The mother, also of Mexican nationality, has shoulder-length brown and gray hair, light skin, light brown eyes, a wide nose, a medium-sized mouth, and is 1.52 meters tall. She has a cesarean section scar as a distinctive feature. At the time of her disappearance, her clothing is unknown. Additionally, she suffers from severe depression and panic attacks.

The daughter, with long brown hair with dyed blonde tips, light skin, green eyes, a medium mouth and nose, is 1.62 meters tall and has a medium build. No particular details or the clothing she was wearing at the time of her disappearance were detailed.

A deadly path

The highway runs through a remote, mountainous region, with little police presence and little cell coverage. This makes it an ideal place for drug trafficking groups to operate freely. Armed confrontations between these groups, as well as kidnappings, robberies, assaults and extrajudicial executions, are daily events in the area.

That has been one of the most critical points of disappearances, with the National Search Commission of Mexico reporting in 2021 at least 71 people missing on that route that connects Nuevo León with the United States.

Mexico faces a crisis of disappearances with more than 114,000 people not located since records began, says the Efe news agency. The victims of violence in “The Bermuda Triangle” tend to be motorists, transporters and migrants who travel along the road.

Mexican authorities have recognized the seriousness of the issue and have implemented security operations to combat crime in the area. However, violence and disappearances persist, leading some to compare it to the famous Bermuda Triangle for its mysterious nature and the uncertain fate of those who disappear there.

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