Families of missing women in Mexico and Costa Rica demand answers

In Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, 16‑year‑old Jessica Ivonne Padilla Cuéllar vanished on 7 July 2011 while looking for work. Fifteen years later her mother and relatives gathered outside the Fiscalía Especializada de la Mujer, criticizing authorities for "Pareciera que no saben cómo buscar a una persona" and still seeking any information about her fate.

In Costa Rica, the family of 25‑year‑old Jessy Karina Álvarez, missing since 2025, pleaded for the location of her body, saying "Sentimos un dolor en el alma…". The Organismo de Investigación Judicial (OIJ) has reclassified the case as homicide, carried out multiple raids, and arrested several suspects, including a man known as "Camba" Villarreal, while forensic teams process evidence from the crime scenes.