The authorities of Nuevo León confirmed this Monday that the body found yesterday in the municipality of Juárez is that of Yolanda Martínez Cadena, the 26-year-old woman who disappeared on March 31 in San Nicolás de los Garza.
"The Attorney General of the State of Nuevo León informs that on May 9, 2022, a genetic study was concluded by the Institute of Criminalistics and Expert Services of this institution, with a positive result for the identification of a dead body, corresponding to Yolanda Martínez Cadena, 26 years old," the authorities reported.
Search report for Yolanda Martínez. Milenio
The body was found by a woman who was collecting firewood in the Los Huertos neighborhood and according to the Nuevo León Prosecutor's Office "the clothing and belongings that had been located coincided with the report of Yolanda Martínez": a black striped blouse, jean pants and black tennis shoes
In addition, a black bag was found, which had been described by her relatives.
According to official data, so far this year there have been 56 violent deaths of women in Nuevo León, of which 14 were classified as intentional homicides, for which 42 continue to be investigated as femicides.
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Yolanda was last seen on March 31.
According to information released on social networks by her sister, a video recorded by a security camera shows when the woman left her grandmother's house at 11:27 am to submit a job application.
After that, relatives were unaware of his whereabouts until this announcement by the authorities.
[They find another body in Nuevo León: her clothes match those of Yolanda Martínez, who disappeared in March]
Yolanda Martínez left her grandmother's house in San Nicolás de los Garza in search of work and never returned.
"It's as if the earth had swallowed her," said her father Gerardo Martínez in an interview for the Radio Formula station.
Disappeared in Nuevo León
The case of Yolanda Martínez is known at the same time that the authorities are trying to clarify what happened to Debanhi Escobar, the 18-year-old girl who was found dead in a hotel cistern in that same state.
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In both cases, the relatives have pressured the police to give results and have complained about the diligence of the Prosecutor's Office.
In the case of Escobar, who disappeared on April 9,
authorities searched for 13 days until she was found right in the area where she had been disappeared.
Data from the National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons affirm that 57 women remain missing in the state, of which 23 are between the ages of 10 and 19.
With information from
Sin Embargo
and the Attorney General of the State of Nuevo León
