Overview
- Family members and feminist collectives marched in Morelia on Sunday, pressing for accountability in the killing of Maritza Espino Ponce and the safe return of her daughters.
- Maritza was found on November 29 inside a plastic container in a river in Uruapan, a death the state has classified as feminicide.
- State prosecutor Carlos Torres said evidence points to the victim’s expartner as the presumed responsible for the killing and the girls’ disappearance.
- National Amber Alerts remain in force for Sofía Camila, 6, and Maritza Natalia, 4, with coordinated searches by specialized units and the Uruapan regional prosecutor’s office.
- Relatives report a separation on November 18, prior complaints of violence and a requested restraining order, and allege the father took the girls from school and issued threats by video call.