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A former beauty queen and actress who was reported missing last year has been confirmed dead.
Colombian mum of one Ania Acosta, 43, was reported missing in Mexico almost 10 months ago. The Colombian embassy in Mexico revealed that she had been laid to rest on Wednesday.
In a post on X, the embassy shared: “It is with pain that we inform you that Ania Margoth Acosta was buried today. A Colombian victim of trafficking and a femicide, but also of abandonment by the State. Today we failed a family, who whom we apologise, and we ask the judicial authorities for a prompt investigation.”
Ania had moved to Mexico in 2022, hoping to kickstart her career as a singer. It is believed she was kidnapped on June 21, 2023, in the western Mexican state of Michoacán. A family member spoke with Colombian outlet Noticias Caracol, saying authorities had shared a video showing the moment Ania was forced into a vehicle.
Her last contact with her family was at around 1am, just moments before she disappeared. She told her mother she was in the municipality of Morelia and was planning to travel to the state capital, Guadalajara. The family member shared: “She communicated with the mother as if saying goodbye, that she was leaving, but that she loved us all, as if to let her understand that she was in danger.”
They added: “They (the embassy) apologise because they did not do enough to rescue her, it is something that cannot be described, losing a loved one.”
According to Spanish language outlet El Tiempo, NGO Strategic Human Rights Litigation (SHRL) believe that she was a victim of kidnapping and was potentially trafficked.
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