AREQUIPA, Peru – The young Cuban Saray Rodriguezreported missing in Havana, is alive and in communication with her relatives, as confirmed by her mother to CubaNet.
Martha Betancourt, who lives in Florida, United States, told this newspaper that her daughter was already with her husband and thanked all the people who were concerned about the search.
Saray, 27 years old and a resident of Santa Amelia, in San José de las Lajas, had last been seen last Wednesday in the Jesús María neighborhood, on Gloria and Revillagigedo streets, in Old Havana.
Since that day, her mobile phone has remained switched off, which is what gave rise to the alert. The mother explained that in the past she had to take Saray and her children out of that area due to her involvement with drug use.
“That’s where they sell drugs. ‘the chemist’ and many more. I am horrified. I know it is in that area,” Betancourt said.
The disappearance was then reported to the police, however, the authorities did not act because they waited 72 hours to begin the search.
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 visible the cases of missing persons, including minors and the elderly. 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
