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More than four months after her disappearance in the Cotorro municipality of Havana, the family of Leonor Isaac Campos, known as "Nori," continues to search for her with no confirmed news about her whereabouts so far.
The alert was reiterated this Thursday by the Gender Observatory of the magazine Alas Tensas, which confirmed that the 76-year-old woman has been missing since October 8, 2025. Days later, the Yeniset Alert was activated, a citizen emergency mechanism to search for women and girls whose whereabouts are unknown, due to the lack of official state protocols for these cases.
According to Leonor's daughter, the elderly woman poses no danger to those trying to help her. “She is a good person, not aggressive… she has been away from home for a long time, has Alzheimer's, and is wandering around trying to find her way back,” she wrote on Facebook, emphasizing the urgency of locating her.
According to initial reports, Leonor was last seen around 3:00 p.m. in Cotorro. Versions circulated on social media indicated that she may have been spotted on the Calvario bridge and that a white bus transported her in the direction of Cotorro without her getting off there. Other references suggest possible movements toward areas like Santa Fe or Cojímar, although there is no official confirmation regarding this information.
In light of the extended search, the family has offered a reward of 20,000 pesos to anyone who provides verified information that could lead to their return home. They have also shared contact numbers and the reference address in the Modelo neighborhood, in Cotorro itself, to facilitate any communication.
The case of Leonor adds to other recent reports of individuals who remain missing in Havana and other provinces of the country, many of whom are elderly. On the Alas Tensas website, as of February 24th, there are 23 active cases of missing women and girls in Cuba, always noting that these figures represent an underreporting.
As the weeks go by without results, Leonor's family insists that any piece of information, no matter how small it may seem, could be crucial. The search, primarily driven by social media and civic platforms, remains active with the hope that she can return home alive.
“In a country without public records or institutional mechanisms for support, and in the absence of an organization for families of missing persons, citizen collaboration is crucial to sustain each alert,” stated Alas Tensas.
The lack of attention to these cases by official institutions, such as the Revolutionary National Police, contrasts sharply with the deployment of personnel and resources aimed at repressing any dissent or protest on the island.
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