January closed with 153 disappearances of women; February concentrated the highest number with 187 cases. On social media, students from the university camp have denounced threats from individuals identified as members of the Nueva Generación del Pacífico Cartel, as well as from public officials. The alert was raised again at the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM) just days after two students were found dead, while family members and authorities are searching for a third young woman reported as missing. Stephany Alondra Contreras Galarza, an 18-year-old Nutrition student at UAEM, was last seen on Thursday, March 5. The Prosecutor's Office confirmed her identity through expert studies. Three days earlier, on March 2, the body of Kimberly Joselín Ramos Beltrán, also a UAEM student, was found. She was last seen on February 20 at the Chamilpa campus and located dead in the vicinity of the same campus. With Stephany, it is the third UAEM student reported as missing in less than two weeks. Since then, nothing is known of her whereabouts. Family and friends have requested citizen support for any information that helps locate her, while authorities maintain an active search. Stephany's disappearance occurs in a particularly sensitive context for the university community of Morelos. The third one is still not located. According to information provided by her family, the young woman left Cuautla heading to Cuernavaca, forgot her lab coat, and from 2:00 PM that day, her parents lost all contact with her. The last known location of Stephany was in Chamilpa, one of the most trafficked university areas of the Morelos capital. According to the National Register of Missing and Unlocated Persons (RNPDNO), between January and February 2026, 1,266 disappearances were registered in Mexico. Farmers in the area gave the alert and family members identified her by her clothing. Just last Wednesday, the body of Karol Toledo Gómez, an 18-year-old law student, reported missing on March 2, was found. Karol was located dead in the indigenous municipality of Coatetelco, with signs of violence, bagged and abandoned on the Coatetelco-Miacatlán highway. Two of them were murdered.
