The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs (SRE) reported that German authorities found the body of María Fernanda Sánchez Castañeda, a 24-year-old Mexican woman who had disappeared in Berlin on July 22, on Saturday afternoon.
“German authorities reported the discovery of a deceased young woman who corresponds to the characteristics of the Mexican María Fernanda Sánchez; they verify identity,” the Mexican Foreign Ministry stated in a message on social networks.
The SRE did not give details about the cause of the young woman’s death, but specified that the Embassy of Mexico in Germany accompanies her family.
Meanwhile, the Berlin Police said that “the missing person was found dead by a passerby on the Teltow Canal in Adlershof.”
In addition, he specified that “according to current knowledge, no third party guilt can be assumed.”
The search for María Fernanda began after her relatives stopped hearing from her after one last communication with them on the night of July 22.
According to the family, after not having contact with her, they asked the heads of the student residence where she was staying to come to the room, it was then that they found her mobile phone on the bed and the door that led to the inner courtyard open. .
The case shocked the German and Mexican population, who came together to help in the search for the student.
Even the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stated that he would seek help from his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier; while the Mexican Foreign Ministry reported on Monday that he was managing the collaboration of Interpol in the case and that he had met with the Berlin Police to coordinate the search.
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