He Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia This Wednesday he summoned the Mexican ambassador in Moscow, Eduardo Villegas Megíasto demand the consular access immediate to Kristina Vladimirovna RomanovaRussian minor held in a closed institution of the Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Mexico from 2023, reported the Russian agency TASS. Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zajárovadescribed the situation as an “illegal detention” and warned that it could lead to a classification of “forced disappearance.”
Origin of the Russian minor case
The case originates in October 2023when authorities of the DIF State of Mexico They removed Kristina—then 15 years old—from her school in Toluca, upon receiving a complaint for preports domestic violence and sexual abuse. The minor was placed in state custody as no other relatives were located in Mexican territory. His adoptive mother, Marina Romanova, an academic at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico (UAEMéx) y cnaturalized Russian citizen, rejects the accusations and denounces that they never gave her the investigation folder.
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In September 2024, at least She was reported missing after leaving the shelter in Toluca without authorizationand days later she was located in Tijuana. Since then he remains in the custody of the Mexican Prosecutor’s Office, without formal charges against him.
The last Russian consular access was denied on April 10. Moscow indicates that its requests to the Mexican Foreign Ministry, Congress and human rights organizations have not received a response. The Mexican government has not issued a public statement on the case.
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The summoned ambassador, Eduardo Villegas Megías, is a philosopher and writer from Veracruz without a diplomatic career.. He was appointed in August 2022 by the then president Andres Manuel López Obradorto whom he was personal assistant during his tenure as head of the capital’s government. He represents Mexico before Russia, Belarus and Armenia.
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