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Oct 2024
47m 57s

MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF: Debanhi Escobar

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When a young woman disappears after being left alone on a highway, the search for her whereabouts and the resulting aftermath causes a public outcry in her home country of Mexico.

  • Click HERE to view the surveillance footage of Debanhi the night she disappeared. 
  • If you know anything about the death of Debanhi Escobar in April of 2022 in Nuevo León, Mexico, please contact the Federal Prosecutor’s Office (Fiscalía General de la República) at +81 81 54 74 02. You can also email them at fevimtra@fgr.org.mx.
     

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