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UNAM student reported missing after protest in Mexico City is found
UNAM student Argelia Guadalupe Ocaña Zavala was found after people raised concerns that she had gone missing following a protest in Mexico City.
She was reportedly detained near the Alameda Central on the night of October 29, during a protest involving damage or graffiti at symbolic sites.
Witnesses and collectives alleged police used force during her arrest, including claims that she was grabbed by the neck and hair.
The Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariat said camera footage helped locate her near Eje 1 and Jesús Carranza, where she had last been seen.
Emergency responders assessed her and said she was well, with no indications at that time that she had been the victim of a crime.
Police then took her to a specialized center for missing-person cases, where investigations are continuing.
Argelia Guadalupe Ocaña Zavala, a UNAM student reported missing after a protest in Mexico City, was found, the city’s Citizen Security Secretariat said.
She was taken to a specialized center for missing-person cases while investigations continued.
Emergency responders assessed her and said she was in good condition, with no signs at that time that she had been a victim of a crime.
The university’s law student had been at a protest near Alameda Central on the night of October 29.
Witnesses and collectives alleged that police pursued and detained her; the Secretariat said she was found near the place where she was last seen.
- Who
- Argelia Guadalupe Ocaña Zavala, a law student at UNAM’s FES Acatlán.
- What
- She was reported missing after a protest and later found by authorities.
- When
- She was at the protest on the night of October 29. The date she was found is not stated.
- Where
- Near the intersection of Eje 1 and Jesús Carranza in Mexico City; she had been at a protest near Alameda Central.
- Why
- Collectives reported her missing after witnesses said police detained her during the protest. The reason for her reported detention is not stated.
Collectives and witness
Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariat
Account of detention
Collectives and witness
A witness said police pursued and detained Ocaña during the protest, and collectives raised allegations of violence.
Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariat
The Secretariat confirmed she was located and said responders found no signs at that time that she had been a victim of a crime.
Circumstances
Collectives and witness
A witness alleged that about 15 police officers surrounded her and that she was subjected to force.
Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariat
The Secretariat’s account said she was found near the place where she was last seen and did not state whether the allegations of force were substantiated.
Ocaña was at a protest near Alameda Central in Mexico City.
A witness said police pursued and detained Ocaña near Bellas Artes and the Barrio Chino.
The Citizen Security Secretariat said Ocaña was found near Eje 1 and Jesús Carranza and taken to a specialized center.
- Student
- Argelia Guadalupe Ocaña Zavala
- University
- UNAM, FES Acatlán
- Field of study
- Law
- Protest date
- Night of October 29
- Location found
- Near Eje 1 and Jesús Carranza, Mexico City
- Responding agency
- Mexico City Citizen Security Secretariat (SSC)
What people are saying
All she was doing was asking them to let her go, that she did not want to be there anymore and needed to go home.
She was arrested around eight at night and surrounded by more than fifteen police officers on the Bellas Artes side.
They had her by the arms and neck like an animal.