The organization 1800Migrante.com announced that an Ecuadorian citizen has been missing since September last year while migrating to the United States.

A statement noted that relatives received a video showing a woman lying on a dirt floor in the border strip between Ciudad Juárez and Texas, unable to speak and with little movement.

The video was allegedly made by a Mexican coyotero who was in charge of transporting Patricia C. to the United States. The trip started from Quito on August 17.

More than 117,000 Ecuadorians were arrested, expelled and deported by the United States in one year

The organization noted that Patricia is 35 years old, helped at a local school and lived with her mother in the countryside in the Pucallpa community, in the canton of Nabón, in the province of Azuay.

His brother Wilmer said he made the trip with the goal of living a better life and that the trip was agreed upon for $18,000. “Thousands of dollars have already been paid, that money has been requested from famous people,” he said.

Communication between the two was maintained through messaging programs specifying their location. “I’m crossing the border into Texas” was the last message he sent them on September 10 at 9:50 p.m.

The traffickers told them that they burned her because they did not remove the body from the morgue, although the family believes it is a hoax because the exhumation and cremation process requires a court order and notification to the corresponding consulate, explains Andrea Ledesma out. co-founder of the organization.

Given this, they detailed that the woman is 5 feet 9 inches tall, weighs 110 pounds, has black eyes, long black hair, wears false teeth on top, has a scar on one of her knees from a dog bite and a large birthmark on her head. her back at hip height, she was wearing jeans and a light blue sweatshirt, she also wore long earrings and some bracelets on her right hand.

So far in fiscal year 2024 (since October), more than 12,281 Ecuadorians have been detained, expelled and deported. (JO)