Overview
- The State Human Rights Commission has initiated an investigation into potential rights violations and institutional delays by La Paz authorities in the July abduction and death of five-year-old Fernandito.
- Marcelina Noemí alleges officers from the Los Reyes–La Paz Policía de Género coerced her to dismiss her chosen lawyers during a vinculacion hearing by threatening harm to her or her family.
- Lawyers from Amor y Rabia plan to file formal complaints over police intimidation and the alleged failure of municipal DIF and FGJEM staff to respond swiftly when the child went missing.
- The family has requested protective measures from the State of Mexico’s protection mechanism after reporting anonymous threats and deleted WhatsApp audio messages.
- Three suspects—Carlos “N”, Lilia “N” and Ana Lilia “N”—remain in preventive detention under vinculaciones a proceso, with a three-month window for complementary investigation.