The disappearance of the girl Brianna Genao Rosario in the community of sweeperImbert municipality of the Puerto Plata province, shows parallels with the case of the child Roldanis Calderonmissing in JarabacoaLa Vega province, on March 30, 2025, whose file remains without official conclusion for more than nine months of the fact.
In both cases, the minors disappeared around their homes, rural areascharacterized by dense vegetation, irregular roads and proximity to rivers, which gave way to wide search operations headed by the National Policehe Public Ministry and relief agencies, with the use of drones, canine units and military personnel.
Roldanis Calderon was last seen in Los Tablones communityfrom the Manabao municipal district, in Jarabacoawhile he was visiting the place with his parents. Similarly, Brianna Genao Rosario disappeared in sweepera community in the Imbert municipality, while family activities were carried out in the surroundings, the December 31 from 2025.
- In this case, the authorities have reported that they have arrested at least some six people for research purposes all of the family environment of the infant.
Briana has three years and Roldanis was five when his death occurred. disappearance.
Intensive operations and inconclusive results
In both cases, the authorities deployed large-scale operations in the first days, concentrating the work in forested areas and in river sections close, before the hypothesis of a possible fall or being dragged by the current.
In Jarabacoathe searches spread across the Yaque del Norte River and areas of National Park J. Armando Bermúdez, while in Imbert the work has been concentrated in rural areas and river surroundings, without the little girl being found until this Sunday.
In both processes, they have generated questions by family members, community members and sectors of civil society to the search efforts.
Information restriction and limited access
Another common element is the limitation in access to official information. In the case of Roldanis Calderonthe authorities progressively reduced the public updates until the case was left without periodic reports. With Briana, the presence of the press has been somewhat limited.
Those arrested in the Roldanis case
As part of the initial proceedings for the disappearance of the Roldanis child, the authorities executed several raids in homes of family environment and community, under the coordination of the Public Ministry and the National Police.
During these actions, the mother of the minor Carolina Vargas Urena She was detained momentarily, in the context of the interventions, without subsequently being charged. The authorities explained that the action responded to control procedures and verification within the investigative process.
Likewise, others close relatives of the child, including minors, were placed under institutional protection temporarily for the purposes of evaluation and protectionin accordance with the protocols established in Dominican legislation on childhood and adolescence.
These measures, as indicated by the acting organizations, were aimed at gather information and guarantee the well-being of minors linked to the family nucleus, subsequently ruling out any responsibility.
Throughout the process, both National Police and the Prosecutor’s Office have reiterated that the people initially detained or interviewed were not formally charged, as no elements were found to support an accusation.
Open investigations
The authorities indicated that the investigations have remained open, supported by search operations terrestrial and river, community interviews and the use of technological resourceswithout a conclusive version of the minor’s whereabouts having been established to date.
In sweepersince this Sunday there has been a police cordon that has prevented access to the press to the area where the search work.
In both situations, there are multiple hypothesisincluding accidentspossible subtractions and other scenarios.
Families waiting and communities under scrutiny
Both the parents of Roldanis Calderon like the relatives of Brianna Genao Rosario have publicly expressed their distress in the absence of clear answers.
In both cases, members of the communities have come out in defense of the residents, rejecting accusations and ensuring that it is quiet areas where everyone knows each other.
When fulfilled nine months of the disappearance of Roldanis Calderon and four days from the of Brianna Genao Rosarioboth cases show similarities in the initial search pattern, the lack of subsequent information and the social impact that generate the disappearances of minors in communities rural areas of the country.
