Explore 25 documented cases from Mexico. Each file separates established findings from allegations and unresolved questions, with a focus on investigation rather than graphic detail.
Andrés Filomeno Mendoza Celis was arrested in Atizapán de Zaragoza in 2021 after the killing of Reyna González Amador led investigators to his home. By February 2024, courts had imposed eight convictions or sentences, while forensic work continued to identify additional possible victims.
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Abril Pérez Sagaón was killed in Mexico City in 2019. Material participants have been convicted, while prosecutors were still seeking her former husband in 2026 as the alleged intellectual author.
Open case file →Activist Marisela Escobedo was murdered outside Chihuahua's Government Palace in 2010 while demanding justice for her daughter. A suspected gunman was later identified, but full responsibility remained unresolved.
Open case file →Mariana Lima Buendía's death was initially treated as suicide. A landmark Supreme Court ruling forced a gender-perspective investigation, and her husband was later sentenced to 70 years for feminicide.
Open case file →Thirteen young people were abducted from a Mexico City after-hours club in 2013 and later found dead. Multiple defendants were convicted, while the full motive and wider responsibility remained contested.
Open case file →Investigative journalist Regina Martínez was murdered in Xalapa in 2012. A conviction was overturned for insufficient evidence, and no reliable later final conviction was identified in the 2026 review.
Open case file →Five people were murdered in Mexico City in 2015. Material-participant prosecutions produced major convictions, while motive, possible additional participants and wider responsibility remained unresolved.
Open case file →Three men were convicted for carrying out journalist Lourdes Maldonado's 2022 murder in Tijuana, while responsibility for ordering the killing remained unresolved in 2026.
Open case file →Mara Fernanda Castilla disappeared after an app-based ride in Puebla in 2017. Ricardo Alexis Díaz López was convicted of feminicide, sentenced to 50 years, and the criminal sentence was upheld on appeal.
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Documented investigation and criminal outcome.
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A serial-murder prosecution centered on older women in Mexico City.
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Murders and disappearances of women and girls across decades, with incomplete accountability.
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Convictions followed the discovery of deaths and severe abuse linked to a brothel network.
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Four killings in Mexico City in 1942 and a nationally prominent criminal case.
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A 2007 homicide investigation that led police to evidence in a Mexico City apartment.
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An unresolved 2022 death after an eighteen-year-old disappeared near Monterrey.
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A 2020 intimate-partner murder followed by a major debate over victim dignity and media ethics.
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A child abduction and murder case in Mexico City.
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Seventy-two migrants were killed in Tamaulipas in 2010 in a case tied to Los Zetas.
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Two material perpetrators were convicted while alleged organizer accountability remained incomplete.
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Forty-three students disappeared after the 2014 attacks in Iguala; the investigation remained active in 2026.
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Two participants have been convicted, while the alleged organizer and another accused participant remained fugitives with active warrants in 2026.
Open case file →Mario Aburto was convicted, while sentence litigation and disputed wider-participation theories continued through 2026.
Open case file →A flawed initial investigation was overturned by sustained legal challenges; her former partner was convicted of aggravated feminicide and his sentence was increased on appeal.
Open case file →Fifty-two people died in the 2011 attack; multiple participants later received long prison sentences in state and federal proceedings.
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