Overview

• Mexico’s AMBER program issued national alert AAMX2133 for Alexa Gabriela Ávila Salazar, 3, missing since August 29 in Tampico and last seen with her father, Alejandro Ávila Limas.
• Officials state the child’s physical and emotional safety could be at risk, according to the alert details.
• Alejandro Ávila released a social media statement denying he kidnapped his daughter, asserting he has a valid suspension granting custody and saying he will seek review of a federal order.
• Ávila questioned the use of the AMBER alert and claimed DIF and the child’s school have confirmed she is well, assertions not verified by authorities in the reports.
• Activists from Mujer Manglar allege delays and omissions by Tamaulipas judicial and prosecutorial authorities and characterize the case as violencia vicaria, urging faster coordinated search actions.