Overview
- Sofía Camila Duarte Espino, 6, and Maritza Natalia Duarte Espino, 4, remain missing with a national Amber Alert circulating their official search posters.
- Maritza Espino Ponce, 28, was found at the end of November inside a plastic drum in Uruapan, prompting a formal feminicide investigation.
- State prosecutor Carlos Torres Piña reports ongoing forensic work, interviews and video analysis coordinated across agencies, and no detention announced to date.
- Relatives, friends and feminist collectives marched in Morelia on December 7 to demand justice for Maritza and the safe recovery of the two girls.
- Family members say prior complaints and protection requests were in process before the crime and express concern the suspected ex-partner may have taken the children to the United States.