Independent organizations have visible the disappearances on the island through a sub -registration due to the lack of official data.
Arequipa, Peru – The stage of women’s disappearances in Cuba remains alarming, with several active cases verified by independent organizations such as the platform Yosítecreo in Cuba and the Gender Observatory of the Magazine Tense wings (OGAT).
Both organizations have played a crucial role in the visibility of these disappearances.
Due to the lack of protocols for cases of disappearances on the island, the journalist and activist Marta María Ramírez proposed the creation of alerts Mayde (for the disappearance of girls, boys and adolescents) and Yeniset (For the disappearance of women).
For the journalist, the case of the adolescent Maydeleisisis Rosales, missing in May 2021 with only 16 years, revealed that the Cuban authorities did not have any protocol for cases of disappearances of girls and boys.
“The police response not only reveals an important lack of protocol, but also a breach of what the Cuban State has said that it does,” Ramírez told Cubanet in March 2024.
“The missing persons have the right to be sought and found even if it were a voluntary disappearance,” the journalist also assured this medium.
Next, Cubanet They present the profiles of women whose disappearance has been verified and reported by various platforms and media:
Misleydis Martínez Aleaga
Date of disappearance: October 18, 2024
Misleydis Martínez Aleaga, 49, has been missing since October 18, 2024. His father, Romelio Martínez Zamora, has been fighting to find her, but there has been no news since his disappearance. Misleydis suffers from schizophrenia, a serious mental illness that affects his ability to think, feel and behave in a lucid way.
Despite its multiple hospitalizations in the Havana Psychiatric Hospital, Mazorra, Misleydis has been located and returned by the police on other occasions. However, this time, the police have declared that it does not find it. The family has faced the suspension of the economic aid provided by the State, which added an additional level of anguish and hopelessness.
Doraiky Águila Vázquez, missing Cuba
Date of disappearance: March 15, 2025
Doraiky Águila Vázquez, a 48 -year -old Cuban, has been reported as missing since the night of March 15, 2025. His family has been looking for help and answers without concrete advances, and the educational channel has made its first official mention about its disappearance.
Doraiky was last seen leaving his home on Pocito Street No. 939, between 18 and 19, Distribution Lawton, municipality ten of October, Havana. Since then, his whereabouts is a mystery, and his family has been using social networks and organizations to mobilize the search.
Mabel García Corrales (Marbeli)
Date of disappearance: June 30, 2024
Mabel García, 54, disappeared in Ciego de Ávila, where she resided. According to his daughter, the last time she was seen, she wore a black pulon, a short black short and flip flops of the same color. Suffer from nervous problems. His alleged presence was reported at the Interprovincial Bus Terminal of Sancti Spíritus. His disappearance was denounced on July 1 before the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) under number 5912/2024.
Karildi Caridad Marín
Date of disappearance: December 14, 2023
Karildi Caridad Marín, 24, was reported as missing in Havana on December 14, 2023. The young woman, resident in Párraga, measures 1.57 cm and is of mestizo complexion. His brother, Yoandri Marín, has been active on social networks requesting the help of the community to find her. “She did not leave the country because her passport is in the house. Help me to find her whereabouts please,” the young man wrote on Facebook, where he left the contact number 54291630 to receive information about his whereabouts.
Karildi’s family has expressed his frustration with the performance of the Cuban authorities, especially after a complaint filed by his father in the Plaza de la Revolution, due to what they consider a poor action in the investigation of the case.
Yamisel Rondón Morales
Date of disappearance: July 15, 2024
Mother of two children, Yamisel disappeared after traveling from Manzanillo to Havana to make purchases. Upon arriving at the capital, she separated from the women who accompanied her and did not return home. Without mobile phone and without suffering known diseases, his family fears the worst, since he had never disappeared before.
The complaint was made before the PNR of Manzanillo, but no response has been received. The last time he was seen, he wore a short denimay and red tennis.
Maydeleisisis Rosales Rodríguez
Date of disappearance: May 30, 2021
This case, which inspired the creation of the Mayde alert for missing minors, has been one of the most distressing for family members and activists. Maydeleisisis was 16 when he disappeared near his home in Centro Habana. He was last seen in the Campanario and Malecon park.
His mother, Isis Rodríguez Ameneiro, has strongly criticized the lack of advances in the investigation, pointing out that the main suspects are still released and that the PNR has filed the case without having found its body. The disappearance has seriously affected his mother’s health, who has suffered several crises due to uncertainty about his daughter’s fate.
Damaris Ricardo Frometers
Date of disappearance: October 2009
Disappeared for more than a decade in Wajay, Havana, Damaris was last seen by pastors of his church, who reported that he was planning to go with their children to Bayamo. However, that trip was never completed, and its whereabouts are still a mystery. His sister Rosa has denounced the lack of progress in the case and has demanded that the authorities resume the investigation.
Jiannis Sánchez Páez
Date of disappearance: June 14, 2019
Mother of two girls, Jiannis disappeared after leaving her daughters with a neighbor to visit her mother hospitalized in Havana. However, he never arrived at the hospital or returned home. His disappearance was denounced before the PNR, but no significant advances have been reported. Jiannis had witnessed her husband’s murder shortly before her disappearance.
Beisy Moraima Pedroso Ramírez
Date of disappearance: May 30, 2017
Beisy disappeared at 21 in Arroyo Naranjo, Havana, while heading to connect to the Wi -Fi in a nearby park. Shortly after, he made a brief call to his family, but he cut before he could say where he was. Despite the complaints filed in several police instances, no track of his whereabouts has been found. His family has traveled hospitals, churches and bus terminals in search of answers, but so far no conclusive information has been obtained.
