After several days of searching in Mexico, a group of fishermen
found in the waters the body of Ana "Nani" Victoria Ávila (28)
, a photographer from Córdoba who was missing in the state of Quintana Roo.
The discovery of Ávila's remains took place several meters into the Caribbean Sea, near Puerto Morelos, about 30 kilometers north of Playa del Carmen and 35 kilometers south of Cancún.
Nani, as she called herself on social networks, was "
a wedding documentary photo-videographer from Córdoba,
Argentina and the world." She presented herself on her social networks, where she shared the work she was doing.
A digital nomad, his profile is full of photos
from Brazil, Mexico, Córdoba, Buenos Aires and other places where he used his eye to portray minimal scenes of the cities. She had also sharpened her lens to capture different social mobilizations such as Remembrance Day or the "Ni una Menos" marches or the campaign for legal abortion.
In December of last year
he had decided to move to Mexico
to continue his career in that country. "Many sunsets, of all colors, little boats with a front row to watch them and a human chain to bring the one who didn't make it to the shore. I like you a lot," she wrote on Instagram a few days after arriving at her new home. .
He had moved to Mexico in December of last year.
The last contact had been registered on Wednesday
, when he was in Playa del Carmen. As she had the habit of calling her house every day, her absence was quickly noticed so the family began a campaign to look for her.
Finally, fishermen reported this Friday the sighting of a body floating in the sea. The Secretariat of Citizen Security of the Mexican state of Quintana Roo launched an operation by air and sea to find the body and rescue it, in the vicinity of a lodging center on the coast of Puerto Morelos.
"With the support of private vessels, the location where the body was located is being monitored and notification was given
to the Attorney General's Office of the State of Quintana Roo
," they indicated from that state agency.
"We are all shocked, and in the midst of the shock we are carrying out procedures," said Tamy Combina, a photographer friend of Ana Victoria, in statements to the newspaper
La Voz.
Nani Ávila was 28 years old.
According to that medium,
the body appeared floating without clothes
. One of the identification signs was a tattoo on the left side of his back, local media reported.
The investigation was carried out by the Attorney General's Office of the State of Quintana Roo, which this Saturday was trying to establish the circumstances under which the death occurred. Although the Secretary of Citizen Security initially notified the incident as a
“report of drowning
,” other hypotheses have not been ruled out.