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The organization Alas Tensas has reactivated the alert for the disappearance of Yanara Fernández Méndez, a 39-year-old woman whose whereabouts have been unknown since August 5, 2024, in the city of Las Tunas.
In a post shared on Facebook, the organization requested citizen cooperation and reminded that "any detail can be crucial in locating Yanara."
According to the information provided by her family, Yanara has fair skin, black eyes, sparse brown hair, is approximately 1.60 meters tall, and has no visible marks.
It is located on Roberto Reyes Avenue, in the La Guayaba neighborhood.
The family also reported that they suffer from schizophrenia, but it was managed with medical treatment and family support.
Before her disappearance, she followed a steady routine. According to the information shared by Alas Tensas, "she carried out household chores, cared for her mother and her children."
He also knew the phone numbers of his relatives by heart and had "never left the province."
They were able to identify the landmarks leading to their home, the hospital, and the residences of close acquaintances, which reinforces the concern regarding the circumstances surrounding their disappearance.
For anyone with information, the family provided the phone numbers 31345329, 31371465, and 31395285, emphasizing that any tip, no matter how small it may seem, could be crucial.
More than a year without answers as a family's anguish grows
Nine months after her disappearance, her aunt Mirna Méndez wrote a heartfelt message on social media: "Unfortunately, I am writing again asking God for my niece Yanara Fernández Méndez... I keep asking myself: Where are you? What have they done to you? Why haven't you come back?".
At that moment, he also questioned the lack of official progress: "What is the Las Tunas Police doing that they can't find her?".
Family members have reiterated in various publications their call for citizen solidarity and have asked that the notices be shared so that "the entire country knows there is a family mourning the loss of Yanara Fernández Méndez and that we are asking for justice."
From the first weeks, the family alerted that Yanara needs medication, without specifying which, and expressed their concern that she might be in poor health.
Initial reports indicated that the woman was last seen leaving her partner's house heading towards her mother's home, where she never arrived.
Since then, her loved ones have stated that they have searched for her "in every corner we could imagine she might be," with no results, and that they have not received conclusive information from the authorities.
The case of Yanara Fernández falls within a context where reports of missing persons in Cuba have become increasingly frequent.
In the absence of effective official channels, families turn to social media and independent organizations to make their cases visible, hoping to obtain any leads that might help them reunite with their loved ones.
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