Maria Elena Garcia Salas
18 years old.

Worker in a maquila. Disappeared the 5th of November, 1995 in Juarez . Left at sunrise for her work.

Nena,

Beautiful girl, suddenly I looked for you and you were not there. You are or were, I don't know which, the light that shines on us. You, the littlest one in the house. The one that made us happy to get up in the morning. Why did you have to disappear?

Today its almost 10 years that you are not with us but instead of the tension disappearing bit by bit, day by day, your memory tortures us more. I want to know if you still are in alive or if you have left this world. That's how it is here. We would like to have a place to cry for you, to bring you flowers. Also, our hearts would be more at peace although not happy. Now, happiness would only come back to us if we could see you again, hug you, and cry again at your side.

It is better that no one knows the anxious years that we have lived, not knowing anything about you. For this I ask you all to help us find her again.  

Your sisters