Overview

• Three-year-old Lian Gael Flores Soraide vanished from his home in Ballesteros Sud, Córdoba, on Saturday afternoon, prompting a nationwide alert and extensive search operation.
• Over 120 police officers, drones, canines, the Army, and local volunteers are conducting intensive sweeps across the rural area, which is complicated by high temperatures and dense vegetation.
• Authorities have seized three white pickup trucks and eleven mobile phones for forensic examination, though no arrests have been made and no positive leads have emerged so far.
• The Government of Córdoba and the national Ministry of Security are jointly offering a 20-million-peso reward for credible information leading to the boy’s whereabouts, ensuring anonymity for informants.
• The investigation remains under judicial secrecy, with witness interviews, including minors, underway, while the boy’s family maintains hope and has reported sightings of a suspicious vehicle near their property.