A family of eight Cubans, including two minors, allegedly disappeared at the Mariano Escobedo International Airport in Monterrey, Mexico, last Wednesday, according to official sources.
The State Agency of Investigations (AEI) of Nuevo León reported the disappearance of six adults, four men and two women - one of whom is five months pregnant - and two minors, aged six and four, all of Cuban nationality.
They are Heily Jiménez Pompova, 25 years old; Onel Juan Samón Reyes, 34; Micher Onel Samón Jiménez, 6; Kimberlin Ylieg Samón Jiménez, 4; Dairon Micher Jiménez Pompova, 18; Micher Jiménez Echemendía, 76; Yosvani González Leiva, 53, and Yereny Pompova Leiva, 43 years old.
The whereabouts of the eight Cubans have been unknown since September 18, when their relatives last communicated with them while they were at the Monterrey airport, according to local media.
According to a report from the Telediario Monterrey channel, although nothing has been heard from the Cuban family since Wednesday, it was not until this Saturday that the Attorney General's Office of the State of Nuevo León, through the AEI, issued a search bulletin for the eight people.
The newspaper La Jornada provided some details about the missing Cubans. One note states that Onel Samón is the husband of Heily Jiménez, who is five months pregnant; and both are the parents of the children Kimberlin Ylieg and Micher Onel.
He also indicated that Heily and Dairon Micher are the children of the marriage formed by Micher Jiménez and Yereny Pompova; meanwhile, he did not specify the family relationship of Yosvany González.
According to the newspaper, the family has long resided in Tapachula, Chiapas, and the majority of them practice santería, though it did not clarify what connection this has to the disappearance of these individuals.
It is unknown whether the Cubans were going to move to another state or city in Mexico. As of Saturday night, there was no news about them, so the search remains active.
People who have information that could be useful for locating the Cuban family should contact the State Agency for Investigations, through the phone number 81 20 20 44 11 or the email aei.gebi@fiscalianl.gob.mx, or the Local Commission for Missing Persons (CLBNL) at the numbers 81 19 90 38 73 and 81 20 33 26 56 or the email comisiondebusqueda@nuevoleon.gob.mx.
In the midst of the largest migratory exodus in the history of Cuba, migrants from the island risk their lives in the dangerous journey through Central American countries to Mexico, where they arrive in order to obtain a CBP One appointment, to present themselves at a port of entry to the U.S. and request asylum in this country.
During their transit through various countries, many Cuban migrants fall victim to assaults, extortion, and kidnappings by criminal gangs.
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