They find the body of a 24-year-old Mexican girl who was missing in Berlin

The German authorities reported on Saturday the discovery of the body of María Fernanda Sánchez Castañeda, a 24-year-old Mexican woman who had disappeared in Berlin on July 22 and whose case had mobilized citizens of the German capital in search of her.

The Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not give details about the cause of the young woman's death, but specified that the Mexican Embassy in Germany accompanies her family.

Meanwhile, the Berlin Police stated that “the missing person was found lifeless by a passerby on the Teltow Canal in Adlershof”, a suburb of the German capital. In addition, he specified that “according to current knowledge, no third party guilt can be assumed.”

“With deep pain we inform you that today, August 5, the German police confirmed that our daughter María Fernanda was found dead,” the young woman's relatives said in a statement published by the SRE.

Likewise, they thanked the support and solidarity and asked for respect to the memory of the Mexican student, to her mourning and privacy.. We appreciate your discretion and understanding.

The news of the death of the young woman came out a few hours after the act of support for the family that took place in front of the embassy in Mexico in Berlin, in which dozens of citizens participated, mostly of Mexican origin and Berlin companions.

The parents of María Fernanda, Javier Sánchez and Carolina Castañeda, who had traveled to the German capital to follow the search operations on the ground, also attended.

The participants came dressed in white and placed candles in front of the diplomatic delegation, while they deposited messages of support and hope that she was found alive.

Her disappearance had mobilized volunteers and friends of the young woman, who hung posters with her photo and data requesting information about her whereabouts in subway stations, trains and signposts.

Both the Berlin regional public television RBB and other media outlets in the German capital repeatedly provided information on the case, as well as the act before the embassy and the mobilization in search of the young woman.

From her country, the Mexican Foreign Minister, Alicia Bárcena, reiterated the accompaniment “with respect and solidarity” to the family and affirmed that the SRE will “promptly follow up on the investigation of what happened. Our deepest condolences,” said the official on social networks.

The search for María Fernanda began after her relatives stopped hearing from her after a last communication with them on the night of July 22.

According to the family, after not having contact with her, they asked the heads of the student residence where she was staying to come to the room, it was then that they found her mobile phone on the bed and the door that led to the inner courtyard open. .

María Fernanda Sánchez had only been in Berlin for a few months and lived in a student residence in the Treptow district, in the eastern part of the capital.

The last time she was seen by her fellow students, she was wearing a yellow T-shirt and pants with polka dots, according to the description on the posters scattered around the city, with two photos of the woman and data on her physical complexion: she was petite, with 1, 53 meters tall and 48 kilos-.

The case shocked the German and Mexican population, who came together to help in the search for the student.

Even the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, stated that he would seek help from his German counterpart, Frank-Walter Steinmeier; while the Mexican Foreign Ministry reported on Monday that it was managing the collaboration of Interpol in the case and that it had met with the Berlin Police to coordinate the search.