Overview

• Vanessa Gámez led a march on August 3 from the Ángel de la Independencia to the Zócalo to press officials for renewed efforts to find her daughter.
• No significant leads have emerged three weeks after 19-year-old Ana Amelí García Gámez vanished on July 12 during a solo climb of Pico del Águila.
• Multi-agency teams including the city prosecutor’s office, Secretaría de Seguridad Ciudadana, federal forces, K9 units, drones and volunteer brigades are combing new descent trails and adjacent areas.
• Investigators are reviewing C5 surveillance that confirms her ascent but not an exit and are probing her ties to the Senderismo Tepemecatl hiking group.
• The case underscores Mexico’s broader missing-persons crisis, with over 130,000 unresolved disappearances recorded nationwide.