Overview
- Russia’s Foreign Ministry called in Mexico’s ambassador in Moscow to protest what it calls the illegal detention of a Russian minor in a closed state facility.
- Officials in Moscow demanded immediate consular access to the teen and said Mexico should allow her return to Russia without obstacles.
- Mexican child‑protection authorities say the youth remains in institutional care under protection protocols, and local reports note that related abuse claims were later dismissed by the judiciary.
- The case began in 2023 when the State of Mexico’s family welfare agency, known as DIF, took custody after an allegation of sexual abuse, and in 2024 the teen went missing for days before being found in Tijuana and brought back into care.
- Russian diplomats met the young woman in 2025 and say she asked to go home, and the dispute now raises human‑rights and international‑law questions if Mexico declines repatriation.