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More than five months have passed since the last time Mayelin Cedeño heard from her son. Desperate for any information about his whereabouts, she turned to social media to seek help and try to locate him.
The call was posted last Saturday, June 6, in the Facebook group "Crímenes en Cuba," where it was explained that his son has been missing since December 2025 in Havana.
"With the administrators' permission, I am making this post because I am desperate: this is my son, and he has been missing since December in Havana," she wrote.
The mother asked anyone who may have information to contact the numbers 59478124, 54065317, 50262860, or 55086590.
The publication includes several photographs of the missing person, a man with dark skin, a shaved head, and a black beard, wearing a green t-shirt. So far, the family has not provided any further details regarding the circumstances of his disappearance.
The case brings to light an increasingly visible issue in Cuba: families turning to social media to try to locate missing loved ones due to the absence of specialized public mechanisms for search and dissemination of alerts.
In recent months, reports of missing persons have surged in various provinces of the country. Among them is the case of Jonathan Ortiz, a 26-year-old reported missing in May 2025 after leaving his home on a tricycle and not returning. The disappearance of recruit Daniel Cuesta Velázquez also came to light, as his family sought help to locate him after losing contact with him in January of that same year.
These cases included the report made in February 2025 by relatives of a 34-year-old man diagnosed with schizophrenia, who went missing in the vicinity of Coppelia in Havana.
Concerns about this phenomenon have also transcended the borders of the island. In May 2026, it was reported that several Cuban families traveled to Mexico to try to locate their missing children in the state of Chiapas, reflecting a reality that affects many Cuban households both inside and outside the country.
Independent organizations like Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba and the Gender Observatory of Alas Tensas have warned about the lack of public and standardized protocols to address these cases. Through the campaign "Don't Forget Me," launched in November 2025, both organizations highlighted the need to improve the mechanisms for searching and supporting families.
Meanwhile, for Mayelin Cedeño, the priority remains the same: to find her son. "He is my son, I haven't heard from him since December; please, if anyone has seen him or has any information, contact me," the mother requested in her post.
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