When Dehana disappeared last Wednesday, May 10, her family and friends did what all parents of young people who find themselves in the same situation usually do: look for any indication of her whereabouts, go out into the street with the photograph, the complaint, block roads and demand that the authorities investigate.
Her mother, Beatriz Alonso, a member of the Guerreros Buscadores De Jalisco collective, spent more than 12 days searching for her “her treasure”, with the help of anonymous calls or by searching in vacant lands, ravines and mountains. It was this May 22 when the victim’s body was found, half-buried in a grave.
The searching mothers and fathers arrived at a farm located in Tlaquepaque, between Libertad and Derecho streets, where the arrest of 3 people who were at the site, which was used for the supply of substances and narcotics, was made.
Dehana was found thanks to her tattoos and her clothes
The group alerted Civil Protection and Firefighters, who confirmed the discovery of a female body. Subsequently, the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) was called and carried out the first investigations and opened an investigation file for the crime of femicide.
According to the first reports, Dehana was located in said farm, her body showed signs of violence, and at the time of her disappearance, she was expecting a baby. Beatriz’s pain at losing her two loved ones is immense; she asks the prosecutor’s office for justice for her daughter.
Dehana’s relatives identified her through the clothes she was wearing: jean shorts and a black blouse. In addition to the tattoos that she had on her calf with the names of Alan and Jesus. The group released an account number to support Dehana’s family.
Jalisco, more than 15 thousand cases of disappearance
According to figures from the National Registry of Missing and Unlocated Persons, the state of Jalisco is the entity that has the highest number of cases of missing persons, accounting for 15,012 current cases. It is followed by the state of Tamaulipas, in addition to the State of Mexico, Veracruz and Nuevo León, which are among the five states with the highest documented cases.
