Family pleads for help to find woman missing for nine months in Las Tunas

The search for Yanara Fernández Méndez, a Cuban resident in the city of Las Tunas, continues, as nine months have passed since her disappearance.

Fernández's family is actively maintaining the alert on social media, hoping to find her safe and sound after she lost contact on August 5, 2024, when she allegedly left her partner's house heading to her mother's, a destination she never arrived at.

Mirna Méndez, aunt of the missing woman, shared a new notice in Facebook groups this Monday, pleading for help in finding her whereabouts.

"Unfortunately, I write again asking God for my niece YANARA FERNÁNDEZ MÉNDEZ, as today marks 9 months since her disappearance. I continue to ask myself: where are you? What happened to you? Why don’t you show up?" expressed Méndez.

Additionally, he questioned the lack of action from the authorities in this case: "I also wonder what the police in Las Tunas are doing that they can't find her?", while asking people to share his post, "so that all of Cuba knows that there is a family grieving the loss of YANARA FERNÁNDEZ MÉNDEZ AND THAT WE DEMAND JUSTICE".

Méndez urged anyone who knows the whereabouts of his niece to contact the family at the numbers 31371465 and 31345329, or to call the police.

The first reports published on social media last August revealed that Fernández was last seen on the 5th of that month, when she left her partner's house heading to her mother's home, according to the man, whose identity has not been disclosed.

Not hearing from her, the relatives immediately began their search and reported it to the police; however, in the following weeks, they reported that there had been no progress in the investigation.

Two weeks after the disappearance, Néstor Leonardo Méndez López, the woman's uncle, stated that they had searched for her “in every corner we could think she might be and in every place they believed they saw her” and expressed his hope for “a miracle” for his niece to “be found safe and sound.”

“We appeal to the human heart: if someone has her detained, please return her to us; if anyone sees her, let us know quickly (...) The family, especially her mother, is very sad and worried,” the man emphasized, adding that she needs to take a medication, although he did not specify which one.

Her aunt also expressed concern about Fernández's health in another post published in November: “We hope he is in another province and due to his medical condition he cannot return, he doesn't have his medication and he must be in poor condition,” she assured, although she did not explain what ailment is affecting Fernández.

Recently, reports of missing persons in Cuba have become frequent. Desperate, families turn to social media in search of help to locate their loved ones in the absence of an official channel to raise awareness about these cases.

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