They found Luciana: the 15-year-old teenager who had disappeared after leaving school

In a display of professionalism that honors the commitment of the State to citizen security, the 15-year-old Luciana Alarcón was found alive and in good physical health on the afternoon of this Tuesday, June 9. The discovery occurred at approximately 4:45 PM in the town of Jesús María, marking the end of a search that mobilized massive resources immediately after her disappearance the previous Monday. The young girl was found specifically in an abandoned house located across from the Courthouse, about 6 kilometers from where she had last been seen.

The effectiveness of the operation was the direct result of unprecedented technical coordination. The Ministry of Security of the Nation activated the Sofia Alert protocol at 10:40 AM, a mass dissemination system for cases of “high risk” that alerted all federal forces. At the provincial level, Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros supervised a mega-operation that included nearly 100 police officers, more than 20 vehicles, a helicopter, fire department personnel, and the High-Risk Units Department (DUAR). According to the Secretary of Government of Colonia Caroya, César Seculini, at the time she was located, the minor “was with another person”.

The case originated on Monday at noon in Colonia Caroya, when the young girl left the Presbítero Bonoris Secondary School. The local mayor, Paola Nanini, specified that the minor was supposed to wait for her sister to walk the 7 kilometers that separate the institution from her home, but she left the place before that. After the family reported her disappearance, prosecutor Guillermo Monti, from the Jesús María Instruction Prosecutor's Office, directed an investigation that included the analysis of security cameras, movements on social media, and cell phone records, since the young girl's phone had turned off after she left school.

The physical details of the search, disseminated by the Córdoba Public Prosecutor's Office, described a young girl of 1.60 meters tall, slim build, tan complexion, and black hair, who was wearing blue jeans, a navy blue sweatshirt, and white and green sneakers. After being found, she was immediately taken to a health center in Colonia Caroya for routine medical checks, where it was confirmed that she was “safe and sound”.

The family reunion was filled with deep emotion that reflects the peace restored by the state’s action. The mother of the teenager, visibly moved as she left the hospital, expressed: “Thank God and everyone who helped. Those who stayed up all night. I was broken. From the moment I didn’t find Lu at that stop... when I arrived and didn’t see her little face... no”. Meanwhile, Minister Juan Pablo Quinteros refrained from providing further details about the circumstances of the discovery to avoid hindering the judicial case, stating that “the important thing is that she is safe and sound”.

This outcome not only calms the community of Córdoba, which had protested with a blockade on San Martín Avenue, but also serves as irrefutable proof of the success of a management model that prioritizes security and the law. Under the government of Javier Milei, Argentina demonstrates that it has the political will to use the full weight of an efficient State to ensure that no family has to endure the anguish of uncertainty again.