IACHR grants precautionary measures in favor of Ana Amelí García Gámez, a young woman who is missing in Mexico

December 15, 2025

Washington, DC—The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued Resolution 92/2025 on December 12, 2025, to grant precautionary measures in favor of Ana Amelí García Gámez in Mexico, in the belief that she faces a serious, urgent risk of suffering irreparable harm to her rights.

According to the request for these precautionary measures, the beneficiary, aged 20, left her home on July 12, 2025, to take a walk in Cumbres del Ajusco National Park, in the Tlalpan area of Mexico City. Her whereabouts have been unknown since then. Her family questions the diligence and decisions of State authorities in the search and investigation concerning the beneficiary, alleging among others a lack of solid lines of inquiry and the failure to make substantial progress to locate her.

The request for these precautionary measures also mentions the State’s failure to comply with the recommendations made by the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances in Urgent Action 2133/2025 to immediately search and locate the beneficiary. Despite the various complaints that have been formally filed and the searches conducted by State authorities, the beneficiary’s whereabouts remain unknown.

The State reported on the search measures and other action its various institutions had taken, as well as on the lines of inquiry that had been opened in this case. The State noted that the Mexico City Commission to Search for Missing Persons had adopted a search plan with a gender perspective. The State also said that it was monitoring the search and holding meetings and other activities, as well as coordinating the work of various State institutions, to continue to ensure that every effort was being made to locate the beneficiary. The State further noted that the authorities of competent jurisdiction were providing support to the beneficiary’s family.

When assessing this request for precautionary measures, the IACHR took into consideration the allegations in the broader context in Mexico. The IACHR acknowledged the State’s commitment in this case and the measures it had taken. However, the IACHR noted with concern that, almost five months after the beneficiary went missing, her whereabouts remained unknown and no information had been provided to establish what might have happened to her. The IACHR further found that no information had been provided about the implementation of the recommendations issued by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances in this matter, nor about the suggested lines of inquiry. The IACHR noted that time might make it increasingly difficult to locate the beneficiary and risked having a greater impact on her rights to life and personal integrity.

Consequently, in keeping with Article 25 of its Rules of Procedure, the IACHR asked the State of Mexico to take the following action:

1. Step up its efforts to establish the whereabouts and condition of García Gámez, in order to protect her rights to life and personal integrity
2. Ensure that the comprehensive search plan adopted considers differentiated gender-based measures and incorporates the recommendations made by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances as well as her family’s criticism, and, if appropriate, gives the beneficiary’s family an explanation as to how their comments have been included in the plan of action or why they have been dismissed
3. Continue to enable smooth, periodic communication with the beneficiary’s family and their representatives concerning any progress made in the comprehensive search plan and the open lines of inquiry—noting any reasons why potential State involvement in the beneficiary’s disappearance has been considered and/or dismissed as a hypothesis—and provide information about any other measures taken
4. Provide updates on any action taken to investigate the alleged events that gave rise to the adoption of these precautionary measures, in order to prevent such events from happening again in the future The fact that these precautionary measures have been granted and their adoption by the State do not entail a prejudgment on a potential petition that may be filed before the inter-American system to allege violations of rights protected by the American Convention on Human Rights and other applicable instruments.

The IACHR is an autonomous body of the Organization of American States (OAS) whose mandate is based on the OAS Charter and the American Convention on Human Rights. Its mission is to promote and defend human rights throughout the Americas and to serve as an advisory body to the OAS in this area. The IACHR consists of seven independent members elected by the OAS General Assembly who serve in a personal capacity and do not represent their countries of origin or residence.

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