Who were the other teenagers found lifeless during the search for Debanhi Escobar

Through an information card, the Local Search Commission reported that during the search for Debanhi Escobar in Nuevo León, 5 women were found without life, who were reported missing between April 15 and 19. They are minors Ireland, Ingrid, Brisa, Jenifer and Irma aged 19.

The teenagers were found between 7 p.m. on Tuesday 19 and 7 p.m. on Wednesday, April 20. Irma Hernández Cruz, the only adult of the group of women found, disappeared on April 15, reports of disappearance of Brisa Anahí Porras Cerda and Jenifer Nicool Almaguer Vargas were lifted on April 16 in Monterrey.

Ireland Marcela Ramírez and Ingrid Guadalupe Castillo Ríos, aged 14 and 15, respectively, were located shortly after authorities were informed that they had disappeared. Both were last seen alive on April 19, Ireland in Garcia and Ingrid in Escobedo, the same area where Debanhi Escobar disappeared and where her body was found.

The five young people found were part of the large number of missing persons in Nuevo León, an entity where 90% of those reported missing are found within 72 hours, according to information from the Attorney General's Office (FGJ). However, despite the data shared by the FGJ, there are 1,789 unlocated women in this town, according to the National Registry of Disappeared and Unlocated Persons (RNPDNO).

Of the people found during the operations to search for Debanhi Escobar, four were under 18: Ireland and Jenifer were 14 years old, Ingrid was 15 and Brisa was 16. It is worth mentioning that statistically 55% of women who disappear in Mexico are minors, according to the Mexican Association of Stolen and Disappeared Children AC (AMNRDAC).

The location of the lifeless bodies of the five young women caused outrage on social networks, as they were found during an operation that was not set up for their search but that of Debanhi Escobar, whose case had a wide media reach that mobilized the authorities in the face of social demand. On Twitter, there are hundreds of tweets where users express their disagreement, including that of family members looking for missing loved ones.

The brother of Wendy Sánchez, a young man who disappeared since January 9, 2021, has been one of the tweeps who made statements regarding the discovery of teenage girls. In the tweet. Baruc Sánchez says: “Looking for Debanhi they found Ireland, Ingrid, Jenifer, Brisa and Irma. The state only searches when there is pressure on it, so I tell them if a family member needs to go out, close avenues, do sittings, what is necessary to create pressure”.

In addition, it should be noted that teenage girls found between Tuesday and Wednesday of this week are not the only ones who were reported missing in days after Debanhi's disappearance. At least 4 more women are currently wanted: Sofía Izaely Sanchez, Jaqueline del Rio Ivoriano, Regina Montserrath Gutierrez Borrego and Alma Delia Hernández Martínez, all of them are part of the 10% of the cases of disappearance not resolved by the FGJ of Nuevo León.

In the midst of outrage over the current crisis in Nuevo León due to the disappearances, Samuel García asked the NL prosecutor to show the photos and videos of the investigation of Debanhi Escobar, as an act of transparency that will make it possible to dispel doubts about the case.

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