Families in southern Mexico are searching for 40 migrants who disappeared after setting out on a sea crossing toward the United States. The disappearance is tied to travel plans made around Christmas Eve 2024, when a Cuban woman, Elianis Caridad Morejón Pérez, told her mother she was boarding a boat from southern Mexico. She later went missing along with 39 other people.
The missing group includes migrants from Cuba, Honduras, and Ecuador, according to the reports. The account describes the disappearance as occurring after the group left on the dangerous route by sea, with relatives left without confirmation of where the boat went or whether survivors have been found. Local searches and the efforts of families have focused on locating the migrants and determining what happened during the crossing.
Authorities and responders are not described in detail in the available reports, but the shared accounts emphasize the uncertainty faced by families and the number of people involved as they remain unaccounted for following the failed crossing.
