The National Centre for the Disappeared (CNDES) has launched an awareness-raising video on the importance of going as soon as possible to the Security Forces and Bodies to report the disappearances of family and friends.
In addition to going as soon as possible to the Security Forces and Bodies, it is necessary to provide as much information as possible to initiate investigations and delimit the search area with precision.
The video, with two versions of different lengths to facilitate its dissemination on social networks, is based on real testimonies about three active disappearances of the approximately 25,000 complaints that are received annually. The investigation allows the clarification and location of 98 percent of the cases.
Jacinto Esteban Ballesteros, 75, suffers from a neurodegenerative disease and disappeared on Christmas Day last year, when he returned to Spain after traveling to his native country for the funeral of a relative.
Nathaly Sara Salazar Ayala disappeared at the age of 28 on January 2, 2018 during a trip to Peru. The case is being prosecuted in the Ibero-American country, where two people were convicted of the murder, although the body has not yet been located.
Félix José Esquerdo Martínez’s whereabouts are unknown since October 2, 2020, when he disappeared at the age of 34. A call to his mother before going on a camping trip was the last communication on record. The police later found his motorcycle.
CNDES, a reference center since 2018
The National Center for the Disappeared (CNDES) was created on February 5, 2018 and depends on the Ministry of the Interior. It acts as an observatory of the social phenomenon in matters of missing persons, represents Spain internationally, manages the national database of missing persons and coordinates the work of the Security Forces and Bodies in their links with the third sector.
