AREQUIPA, Peru – Gender observatories of the feminist magazine Tense Wings (OGAT) and the platform I Do Believe You in Cuba issued a Maide Alert this Friday, following the disappearance of a young woman identified as Noemí Victoria Blanco Acosta.
A report from the platforms on Facebook indicates that Noemí is 15 years old and has been missing since noon on September 12, in the Cárdenas municipality, Matanzas province.
The original complaint was made on social media by one of the parents of the missing minor, who asked all relatives, friends and acquaintances from Matanzas or neighboring provinces to help in the search. In addition, he shared several photographs of Noemí and the phone number 52958099.
Reports of missing persons have become frequent since residents on the Island began to have more access to social networks.
The Cuban State does not implement official mechanisms to make cases of missing persons, including minors and the elderly, visible. Unlike systems such as the Amber alert in the United States, in Cuba it is members of civil society who, through social networks, usually make these disappearances known and promote the search.
To report a missing person, it is suggested that relatives fill out a form with key information that will facilitate the search and put pressure on the authorities. This form should include the following data:
- Full name
- Alias (if applicable)
- Registration number and date of the complaint filed with the PNR (if it has been made)
- Physical description: hair color, eye color, height
- Age
- Identifiable marks: moles, tattoos, scars
- Chronic diseases
- Necessary medication
- Clothes she was wearing when last seen
- Place and date last seen
- Place of residence
- Telephone numbers or other contact information
- Any other information relevant to the search
