The Quintana Roo State Attorney General's Office (FGE) has initiated a search for a young Cuban couple residing in the United States who vanished on September 16th in the well-known resort area of Cancun, located in the state of Quintana Roo.
Kayla Bertrán Marino, a 28-year-old woman, was reported missing in Benito Juárez municipality, Cancun, on September 16, 2024. The official report was filed on September 24, activating the Alba Protocol.
Kayla, a Cuban national living in the United States, disappeared alongside her partner, 33-year-old Carlyott García Pedrosa, who is also missing. Authorities have yet to uncover any leads regarding their whereabouts.
According to the search notice, Kayla is 1.50 meters tall, weighs 45 kilograms, and has long, wavy, blonde hair. She has blue eyes and several distinctive tattoos: a compass on her right shoulder, the word "Ángel" on her chest, and a skull on her left hand.
Authorities have not specified Kayla's attire at the time of her disappearance. Both law enforcement and her family are urging the public for any information that might help locate her.
Efforts are also underway to find Kayla's partner, Carlyott, who also resides in the United States and was with her when she vanished. He is described as having short, straight, dyed blonde hair, standing 1.64 meters tall, and weighing approximately 81 kilograms. He has a 30 cm scar on his right arm and a tattoo of an elephant's head on his right hand.
Other Cases of Missing Cubans in Mexico
It remains unclear if the couple traveled to Cancun as tourists. Over the past year, numerous Cubans have disappeared in Mexico, a country plagued by criminal gangs. In June, 15-year-old Cuban teenager Lismailen Galban Gil went missing in Chihuahua, a northern Mexican city where she had been living with her parents for seven months.
Another Cuban, 62-year-old Oscar Luis Marcos Roso, was reported missing in Tabasco, Mexico, on June 4. In February, a Cuban man waiting for his CBP One appointment to cross into the United States also disappeared in Mexico. That same month, another Cuban named Igdelnaire Matamoros Bubaire went missing in Tapachula, a city where thousands of migrants of various nationalities have been stranded for months.