Overview
- María de los Ángeles Valenzuela, a member of Corazones Unidos por una Misma Causa, was reported forcibly taken on Oct. 14 in Mazatlán, with accounts pointing to a white vehicle in the Salvador Allende neighborhood.
- The Sinaloa human rights commission urged her safe return and pressed authorities to execute full investigative steps and provide protections for search collectives.
- On Oct. 5, 21-year-old Carlos Emilio Galván vanished after going to the bathroom inside Terraza Valentino; state prosecutors say they opened an investigation for deprivation of liberty.
- Relatives allege delays and limits on evidence access and describe a dropped GPS lead, while the bar asserts it delivered requested security videos the same day authorities asked.
- Official data show thousands of unlocated people in Sinaloa and multiple October search notices in Mazatlán, deepening concern over escalating risks to families and volunteer searchers.