Despair and uncertainty invade the families of six Colombian women who traveled to Mexico after receiving a job offer. The young women entered the country in mid-September, but then stopped responding to messages to their relatives.
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Six young Colombian women from various cities in the country lost contact with their families after traveling to Mexico for a job offer. Relatives received the first calls requesting money in exchange for his release.
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Six Colombian women, including two from Medellín, traveled to Veracruz, Mexico, in mid-September with the intention of working in events and protocol services. However, since Wednesday, September 19, their families have lost all contact with them and fear that they have been kidnapped by a human trafficking organization in Mexico.
Among the missing women are Derlys Dayana Paneso Taborda, 25, and Yarlín Giraldo Soto, 21, both from Medellín. Also included are Sofía Vásquez Giraldo, 21 years old, from Pereira; Maranyeli Michel Chacón Álvarez, 20 years old, originally from Cúcuta; and two from Bogotá, Michel Daniela Morales, 21 years old, and Layma Argenis Parra Cerquera, 23 years old.
According to reports in national media, upon arriving at the port in southeastern Mexico, they took their documents and demanded a large sum of money, supposedly to cover travel and subsistence expenses, worth $100,000, equivalent to 420 million pesos.
What do relatives say?
In an interview with Noticias Caracol, the brother of Derlys Paneso, one of the missing young women and mother of a 5-year-old child, revealed that the trip was made to hire a modeling company for events. “They took her with deception, we believe it is a trafficking network,” said Duvann Paneso.
At first, the young women managed to communicate intermittently with their families. Derlys Giraldo, for example, contacted his relatives on the night of Wednesday, September 25; Until then, everything seemed normal.
The next day after that last contact, the families tried to call them without success. Concern increased when Michel’s sister Daniela received a message demanding payment of the aforementioned sum in exchange for the release of her relative and the other women.
The families have already filed a complaint with the Prosecutor’s Office, which is analyzing audios, videos and the possible participation of a woman accused of formalizing the contract.
What the relatives also ask for is an intervention by the Mexican and Colombian governments to find the whereabouts of the Colombian women.
This unfortunate event brings to mind the case of eight Colombian women who were reported missing in southern Mexico on January 5, 2024. Fortunately, they appeared alive after an intervention by both governments.
#THELAST | Six Colombian women are missing in Mexico. Relatives of two of them claim that they called them to ask for money for their release.
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