Overview
- Families reported the disappearances of Brenda Kelly in Axochiapan, Morelos, and Saira Ponce García in Puebla after each pursued interviews arranged through social media and WhatsApp.
- The mother of Brenda said she went to a meeting point known as Parque El Corazón del Niño for a promised job and stopped answering calls soon after, and locals told the family there were no interviews at that site.
- Brenda’s lawyer broadcast a live video accusing the Morelos Fiscalía of refusing to accept his legal role, delaying the case, and issuing a search notice with the wrong date, and the office then began active searches and said it was working intensely.
- Puebla’s prosecutors activated Protocolo Alba for Saira, a rapid search mechanism for missing women, and requested help from the Morelos Fiscalía to look for her in Axochiapan after indications she may have traveled there for a job offer.
- Proceso reports both cases fit a wider pattern of disappearances tied to online recruitment pitches for seasonal berry work that promise short contracts, food, housing, and benefits, and it notes a Mexico City case in which a woman who went to a job interview was later found dead.