Pencil on paper
0.98 or 1 x 0.82” each
The one hunded drawings that comprise this series are exact replicas, made with the help of a microscope, from the missing person section of Metro, a local newspaper in Mexico City.
Age: 13 years
Height: 4′ 11″
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on right forearm
Place and date of disappearance: Unidad Bellavista Neighborhood, Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, June 13 2005.
Age: 9 years
Height: 3′ 3″
Build: Thin
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left leg
Date of disappearance: Ampliación San Marcos, Tultitlán, State of Mexico, May 19 2005.
Age: 17 years
Height: 5′ 7″
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, brown
Date of disappearance: Centro Neighborhood, Guanajuato
Age: 13 years
Height: 5′ 4″
Build: Average
Hair: Straight, brown
Date of disappearance: Light brown
No information
Jalapa, Veracruz, January 5 2005.
Age: No information
Height: No information
Distinguishing characteristics: No information
Date of disappearance: Xalapa, Veracruz, July 25 2004.
Age: 13 years
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, light brown
Date of disappearance: Place and date of disappearance 2o Barrio Huejotzingo, Puebla, March 31 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 4′ 10″
Hair: Straight, black
Distinguishing characteristics: Narrow scar on left cheek
Date of disappearance: Vértiz Narvarte Neighborhood, Borough of Benito Juárez, Mexico City, August 31 2005.
Age: 1 month
Distinguishing characteristics: No information
Date of disappearance: Matamoros, Tamaulipas, July 21 2005.
Age: 3 years
Height: No information
Build: No information
Distinguishing characteristics: No information
Date of disappearance: For any information call 55 51 83 65
No information
Age: 10 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on right wrist
Date of disappearance: Moctezuma 1ª. Sección Neighborhood, Borough of Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, September 18 2005.
Age: 12 years
Height: 4′ 11″
Build: Thin
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on right cheek and on right arm
Date of disappearance: Olivar de los Padres Neighborhood, Borough of Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City, November 14 2005.
Age: 9 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Build: Medium
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on left shoulder
Date of disappearance: Sagitario 2 Neighborhood, Ecatepec, State of Mexico, October 16 2005.
Age: 15 years
Height: No information
Build: No information
Distinguishing characteristics: No information Date of disappearance: Jalapa, Veracruz, January 1 2004.
Age: 5 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Build: Robust
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Date of disappearance: Rincón de Urias Neighborhood, Mazatlán, Sinaloa, October 7 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Build: Robust
Distinguishing characteristics: Has a scar on the forehead
Date of disappearance: La Merced Market, Borough of Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, January 28 2006.
Age: 2 years
Height: 5′ 8″
Build: No information
Hair: Brown
Date of disappearance: No information
Age: 14 years
Height: 5′ 4″
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, brown
Date of disappearance: 2ª sección de Aragón Neighborhood, Borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, November 12 2005.
Age: 2 years
Height: 28.7″
Distinguishing characteristics: Two incisors with caries and flat feet
Date of disappearance: Moctezuma subway station, Borough of Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City, August 12 2005.
Age: 13 years
Height: 5′ 7″
Build: Average
Distinguishing characteristics: Spot-shaped scar on right foot
Date of disappearance: Lomas de San Bernabé Neighborhood, Borough of Magdalena Contreras, Mexico City, December 16 2005.
Age: 10 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Distinguishing characteristics: Dimples appear on his cheeks when he laughs
Date of disappearance: San Sebastián Chimalpa, Los Reyes La Paz, State of Mexico, February 15 2006.
Age: 12 years
Height: 3′ 8″
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Date of disappearance: El Edén Neighborhood, Tepeji del Río, Hidalgo, October 16 1995. (The photo presented corresponds to her identical twin)
Age: 5 years
Height: No information
Build: No information
Distinguishing characteristics: No information
Date of disappearance: Veracruz, October 2005.
Age: 8 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on forehead, her permanent upper teeth are erupting, one has already appeared.
Date of disappearance: Actopan, Hidalgo, December 24 2005.
Age: 10 years
Height: 4′
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left side of forehead and a mole on left arm.
Date of disappearance: Actopan, Hidalgo, December 24 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 5′ 3″
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left side of forehead
Date of disappearance: Ampliación Santa Martha Acatitla Neighborhood, Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, November 27 2005.
Age: 17 years
Height: No information
Distinguishing characteristics: No information
Date of disappearance: Huizachez, Sinaloa, August 8 2004.
Age: 12 years
Distinguishing characteristics: Does not pronounce the letter “R” correctly
Date of disappearance: El Jardín Neighborhood, Municipality of Matamoros, State of Puebla, January 23 2006.
Age: 13 years
Height: 5′ 6″
Hair: Straight, black
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left side of forehead
Date of disappearance: Ceylán Neighborhood, Tlanepantla, State of Mexico, July 28 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 4′ 9″
Distinguishing characteristics: Has language difficulties
Date of disappearance: Álvaro Obregón Neighborhood, Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, February 15 2005.
Age: 1 year
Height: 31.5″
Hair: Straight, long, light brown
Eyes: Small, light brown
Date of disappearance: Jesús de Monte Neighborhood, Huixquilucan, State of Mexico, December 23 2005.
Age: 12 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Distinguishing characteristics: Small scars on both arms
Date of disappearance: San Martín de Porres Neighborhood, Municipality of Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, January 18 2006.
Age: 4 years
Height: 31.5″
Distinguishing characteristics: Black mole on left leg
Date of disappearance: Izcalli Ixtapaluca Neighborhood, Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico, July 3 2004.
Age: 5 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Hair: Thin straight, dark brown
Date of disappearance: Guanajuato, Guanajuato, October 14 2004.
Age: 6 years
Height: 3′ 3″
Build: Average
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left brow and rash on left cheek
Date of disappearance: Los Reyes Ocotitlán, State of Mexico, December 3 2005.
Age: 16 years
Height: 5′ 2″
Hair: Straight, black
Date of disappearance: Barrio San Miguel, Borough of Xochimilco, Mexico City, March 4 2005.
Age: 13 years
Height: 5′
Distinguishing characteristics: Freckles on face and dimple in chin
Date of disappearance: San Pablo Tultepec, State of Mexico, February 27 2006.
Age: 5 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Distinguishing characteristics: His father took him without permission.
Date of disappearance: Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico, July 9 2002.
Age: 3 years
Height: 31.5″
Eyes: Small, dark brown
Fecha de extravío: 4 de marzo de 2006. Delegación Iztapalapa. Date of disappearance: March 4 2006, Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City.
Age: 16 years
Height: 5′ 5″
Hair: Straight, brown
Date of disappearance: Centro Neighborhood, Borough of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, May 15 2006.
Age: 11 years
Height: 4′ 7″
Build: Thin
Hair: Dark brown and straight
Eyes: Light brown, small
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left brow
Date of disappearance: Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, January 26 2006.
Age: 7 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Build: Medium
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on right cheek, stutters.
Date of disappearance: Hank González Neighborhood, Ecatepec, State of Mexico; June 16 2006.
Age: 4 years
Height: 3′ 3″
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Date of disappearance: Ciudad Cuauhtémoc Neighborhood, Ecatepec, State of Mexico, April 2 2006.
Age: 9 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, slanted
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on right side of neck
Date of disappearance: Chicoloapan, State of Mexico; August 13 2006.
Age: 1 year
Height: 23.5″
Hair: Straight, short, brown
Fecha de extravío: Del. Iztapalapa, 17 de noviembre de 2005. Date of disappearance: Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, November 17 2005
Age: 15 years
Height: 4′ 9″
Hair: Straight, light brown
Date of disappearance: April 18 2006. Unidad Floresta, Los Reyes, La Paz, State of Mexico.
Age: 4 years
Height: 3′ 3″
Eyes: Large, dark brown
Date of disappearance: Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, September 8 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 4′ 10″
Build: Thin
Hair: Dark brown and straight
Eyes: Dark brown, small
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on left side of upper lip
Date of disappearance: Borough of Benito Juárez, Mexico City, May 26 2006
Age: 6 years
Height: 4′ 3″
Build: Thin
Hair: Black and straight
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole below the navel
Date of disappearance: Tultepec, State of Mexico; May 31 2006.
Age: 2 years
Height: 3′ 3″ approximately
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Black, medium
Distinguishing characteristics: Large mole on the waist
Date of disappearance: Chilpa, Tultitlán, State of Mexico; August 15 2006.
Age: 13 years
Height: 4′ 9″
Build: Average
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Light brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Spot on right arm
Date of disappearance: Tlalmanalco, State of Mexico; November 6 2006.
Age: 10 years
Height: 4′ 3″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Dark brown, small
Distinguishing characteristics: Bump on right side of forehead
Date of disappearance: Chimalhuacán, State of Mexico; December 23 2006.
Age: 15 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Hair: light brown, curly
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Moles, one on right side of chin and the other on right cheek.
Date of disappearance: Borough of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, May 30 2006.
Age: 15 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Light brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Small scar on the nose and another on one arm
Date of disappearance: Borough of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, January 28 2007.
Age: 1 year
Height: 27.5″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, blond
Eyes: Honey, large, round
Distinguishing characteristics: Red scar on the nape
Date of disappearance: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz; December 13 2006.
Age: 6 years
Height: 3′ 9″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Has a spot on the back
Date of disappearance: Borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City; May 5 2002.
Age: 8 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Build: Robust
Hair: Straight, black short
Eyes: Dark brown, medium
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left ear
Date of disappearance: Valles de Chalco, State of Mexico; December 19 2006.
Age: 6 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Spot-like mole on the back
Date of disappearance: Borough of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City; November 25 2006.
Age: 9 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Black, small
Distinguishing characteristics: She’s with her sister María de los Ángeles
Date of disappearance: Borough of Iztacalco, Mexico City; July 16 2007
Age: 3 years
Height: 35.5″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Date of disappearance: Naucalpan, State of Mexico; May 14 2007
Age: 6 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Date of disappearance: Naucalpan, State of Mexico; May 14 2007
Age: 16 years
Height: 4′ 11″
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, brown
Eyes: Brown, medium
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on right side of neck
Date of disappearance: Borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City; June 4 2007
Age: 13 years
Height: 4′ 9″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark
Eyes: Dark brown, medium
Date of disappearance: Zona Escolar Neighborhood, Borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City; July 24 2007
Age: 9 years
Height: 4′ 2″
Build: Robust
Hair: Wavy, dark
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar from chicken pox on chest. Mole on nape
Date of disappearance: Ecatepec, State of Mexico; July 19 2007
Age: 6 years
Height: 3′ 11″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, light brown
Eyes: Light brown, medium
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on left side of forehead
Date of disappearance: Borough of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City; June 6 2003
Age: 10 months
Height: 21.5″, approx.
Build: Robust
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, slanted
Date of disappearance: Naucalpan, State of Mexico; November 8 2006
Age: 17 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Build: Average
Distinguishing characteristics: Pierced lower lip
Date of disappearance: Olivar del Conde Neighborhood, Borough of Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City; October 13 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Build: Thin
Distinguishing characteristics: right ear larger than normal
Date of disappearance: Lázaro Cárdenas Neighborhood, Tlalnepantla, State of Mexico, August 20 2005.
Age: 12 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Distinguishing characteristics: Has sunspots on face
Date of disappearance: Las Colonias Neighborhood, Atizapán de Zaragoza, State of Mexico, November 1 2005
Age: 3 years
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on chin
Height: 31.5″, approx.
Build: Average
Hair: Wavy, brown
Eyes: Black, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on chin
Date of disappearance: Borough of Xochimilco, Mexico City; February 13 2007.
Age: 7 years
Height: 3′ 11″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Date of disappearance: February 3 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 5′ 5″
Distinguishing characteristics: Acne on face
Date of disappearance: Prensa Nacional Neighborhood, Tlalnepantla de Baz, State of Mexico, September 26 2005.
Age: 3′ 11″
Height: Thin
Eyes: Slanted, dark brown
Date of disappearance: Tlacotepec de Benito Juárez, Puebla, December 18 2005.
Age: 9 years
Height: 4′ 1″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Large hairy mole on left arm
Date of disappearance: Borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City; October 20 2006.
Age: 8 years
Height: 4′ 1″
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on left earlobe
Date of disappearance: Agrícola Oriental Neighborhood, Borough of Iztacalco, Mexico City, October 6 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Hair: Average
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on left side of upper lip
Date of disappearance: El Paraíso Neighborhood, Borough of Álvaro Obregón, Mexico City; November 27 2005.
Age: 5 years
Height: 3′ 9″
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, black
Eyes: Small
Date of disappearance: Santa Lucía Residential Area, Rosarito, Baja California Norte
Age: 3 years
Height: 35.5″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, black
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Worn-out teeth
Date of disappearance: Nueva Tenochtitlan Neighborhood; December 30 2006.
Age: 7 years
Height: 3′ 11″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Long, thick, black
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Has a catheter with serum in the neck
Date of disappearance: San Agustín Neighborhood, Nezahualcóyotl, State of Mexico.
Age: 5 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, light brown
Eyes: Dark brown, small
Date of disappearance: Villa Real Residential Area, Private Sector, Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas; July 18 2006
Age: 13 years
Height: 4′ 3″
Build: Thin
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on forehead
Date of disappearance: Paraíso Neighborhood, Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, December 19 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 4′ 7″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Light brown, medium
Distinguishing characteristics: Mole on the little finger of right hand
Date of disappearance: Borough of Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City; May 24 2007.
Age: 15 years
Distinguishing characteristics: Freckles on face, small moles on arms.
Date of disappearance: Benito Juárez Neighborhood, State of Mexico, December 2005.
Age: 7 years
Height: 3′ 8″
Build: Average
Hair: Straight, light brown
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Has a mole on the nose
Date of disappearance: Borough of Tlalpan, Mexico City; November 22 2006.
Age: 2 years
Height: 35.5″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Dark, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Spot-like mole on bottom part of the back
Date of disappearance: Borough of Venustiano Carranza, Mexico City; August 26 2006.
Age: 1 year
Height: 27.5″, approx.
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, brown
Eyes: Large, black
Distinguishing characteristics: Has rash on her legs
Date of disappearance: Municipality of Ixtapaluca, State of Mexico
Age: 10 years
Height: 4′ 3″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Dark brown, slanted
Distinguishing characteristics: Has a mole on left ear
Date of disappearance: Borough of Iztacalco, Mexico City; October 6 2005.
Age: 6 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Hair: Wavy, dark brown
Date of disappearance: Doctores Neighborhood, Borough of Cuauhtémoc, Mexico City, December 22 2003.
Age: 12 years
Height: 4′ 11″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, dark blond
Eyes: Slightly slanted, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Red mole on right arm
Date of disappearance: Coacalco, State of Mexico; August 17 2006.
Age: 13 years
Height: 4′ 11″
Build: Average
Hair: Straight, dark brown
Eyes: Dark brown, slanted
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left brow
Date of disappearance: Borough of Benito Juárez, Mexico City; June 5 2007
Age: 14 years
Height: No information
Distinguishing characteristics: No information
Date of disappearance: Mártires de la Torre, State of Veracruz, January 16 2005.
Age: 14 years
Height: 5′ 1″
Hair: Wavy, black
Date of disappearance: Saltillo, State of Coahuila, September 29 2004.
Age: 2 years
Build: Robust
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Dark brown, round
Date of disappearance: Puerto Vallarta, State of Jalisco; March 24 2007
Age: 9 years
Height: 3′ 5″
Distinguishing characteristics: Spot-shaped mole on the nape
Date of disappearance: Independencia Neighborhood, Borough of Benito Juárez, Mexico City, January 26 2006.
Age: 3 years
Borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City; January 5 2006
Height: 3′ 1″
Distinguishing characteristics: Black upper tooth
Date of disappearance: Del Carmen Cuautepec Barrio Bajo Neighborhood, Borough of Gustavo A. Madero, Mexico City; January 5 2006
Age: 8 years
Height: 3′ 11″
Distinguishing characteristics: Spot on left arm, scar on the face caused by a burn
Date of disappearance: Town of Tres Marías, Municipality of Huixilac, State of Morelos, January 13 2006.
Age: 15 years
Height: 5′ 3″
Build: Thin
Hair: Straight, black
Eyes: Light brown, large
Date of disappearance: Popular Santa Teresa Neighborhood, Borough of Tlalpan, Mexico City; November 2 2006.
Age: 12 years
Height: 3′ 9″
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on the nape, mole on left cheekbone
Date of disappearance: Aguayoto Street, Santo Tomás Ajusco, Borough of Tlalpan, Mexico City, April 14 2005.
Age: 15 years
Height: 3′ 9″
Build: Thin
Hair: Wavy, black
Eyes: Dark brown, large
Distinguishing characteristics: Has abundant body hair.
Date of disappearance: Borough of Coyoacán, Mexico City; June 3 2007
Age: 3 years
Height: 3′ 7″
Distinguishing characteristics: Scar on left brow.
Date of disappearance: His father, José Luis Hernández Cevallos, took him without his mother’s consent.
Age: 1.5 years
Height: 33.5″
Eyes: Large, dark brown
Date of disappearance: San Andrés Tetepilco Neighborhood, Borough of Iztapalapa, Mexico City, December 30 2005.