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Valeria Benavides, from the municipality of Mexicalcingo, is found dead
March 13th, 2019
Blanca Valeria Benavides Casas, 29 years old and who remained missing for 47 days, was found dead in the municipality of Calimaya, after distressing and intense days of searching by her family and friends, who for this Saturday organized a mass at 10:00 am.
Her parents looked for her since last January 24, when she disappeared after attending a nearby esthetician for a beauty service, she informed her family, but she did not return.
For whole weeks, her parents and relatives made all kinds of efforts and visits in hospitals, clinics, terminals and before all kinds of authorities to try to locate her from the first night that she did not arrive at her home.
Last week the family requested the presence of the media, to launch a call and ask her on camera to communicate. In an interview, his parents did not rule out a case of trafficking, and until last week, they calculated that at least 13 people had already testified before the Attorney General of Justice of the State of Mexico (FGJEM).
Valeria's parents were informed this Thursday of the location of the body of their daughter in the neighboring municipality of Calimaya, located just a few kilometers from where the young woman disappeared.
Staff
Translator: Martín Caballero
Blanca Valeria Benavides Casas, 29 years old and who remained missing for 47 days, was found dead in the municipality of Calimaya, after distressing and intense days of searching by her family and friends, who for this Saturday organized a mass at 10:00 am.
Her parents looked for her since last January 24, when she disappeared after attending a nearby esthetician for a beauty service, she informed her family, but she did not return.
For whole weeks, her parents and relatives made all kinds of efforts and visits in hospitals, clinics, terminals and before all kinds of authorities to try to locate her from the first night that she did not arrive at her home.
Last week the family requested the presence of the media, to launch a call and ask her on camera to communicate. In an interview, his parents did not rule out a case of trafficking, and until last week, they calculated that at least 13 people had already testified before the Attorney General of Justice of the State of Mexico (FGJEM).
Valeria's parents were informed this Thursday of the location of the body of their daughter in the neighboring municipality of Calimaya, located just a few kilometers from where the young woman disappeared.
Staff
Translator: Martín Caballero
