On Saturday, German police said that they had discovered the body of a 24-year-old Mexican woman who vanished in Berlin at the end of July and whose story had received a lot of attention in her home country.
According to the authorities, a guy walking over a bridge in Berlin’s Adlershof district discovered Maria Fernanda Sanchez’s body floating in a canal. Interpol had issued a yellow search notice for Sanchez.
“No third-party blame can be assumed,” police said in a statement, but added that “the police investigation continues.”
On social media site X, formerly known as Twitter, the Mexican Foreign Ministry announced that German officials had discovered a dead lady who matched Sanchez’s description.
The president of Mexico, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, stated earlier this week that he would urge the leader of Germany to help with the search for Sanchez, who, according to local media, was a masters student there.
A few days after the woman’s disappearance, Berlin police said in a statement that there were “indications” that the woman was “in an exceptional psychological situation.”
The reporting was done by Stefanie Eschenbacher and Adriana Barrera. The writing was carried out by Alexander Villegas, with editing done by Jonathan Oatis.