On April 3, 24 years will have passed since the disappearance of María de los Ángeles 'Marita' Verón, which occurred in 2002 in Tucumán: the case remains unsolved. While the demand for justice persists after the judicial convictions were finalized, her mother Susana Trimarco's tireless search continues. Marita, 23, was last seen when she left her home for a medical appointment and never returned. This event over time became a symbol of the fight against human trafficking in the country. The investigation exposed sexual exploitation networks and led to a trial that concluded in 2014 with sentences of 10 to 22 years in prison for ten defendants for aggravated retention and concealment for the purpose of prostitution, which involved capturing, transferring, and holding the victim within an exploitation circuit. However, the sentences began to be served only in 2017, when the ruling became final. In parallel, Trimarco's search never stopped, and in recent years it added one of the most striking leads: the possibility that Marita was seen in Paraguay under extreme conditions. However, it was ruled out that it was the young woman from Tucumán, as the woman later died in the city of Capiatá, and studies were ordered to determine her identity. Trimarco had recounted receiving information from Asunción about the person in a state of abandonment: 'She is eating from the trash, supposedly she is my daughter. She would be in a horrible situation'. At that time, she also said they sent her an image, although she decided not to make it public due to its crudeness: 'She is skin and bones, she is disfigured'.
