MEXICO CITY, Aug 5 (Reuters) - Police in Germany, reported on Saturday that they found the body of a 24-year-old Mexican woman who disappeared in Berlin at the end of July and whose case has caused garnered widespread attention in Mexico.
Authorities said the body of Maria Fernanda Sanchez, for whom Interpol had issued a yellow search notice, was found floating in a canal by a person walking along a bridge in Berlin's Adlershof neighborhood.
The Mexican Foreign Ministry communicated on social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, that German authorities reported the discovery of a deceased woman that fit Sanchez's description.
Earlier in the week, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said that he would ask the German president to bolster the search for Sanchez, who, according to local media, was a masters student in Germany.
Reporting by Stefanie Eschenbacher and Adriana Barrera; Writing by Alexander Villegas; Editing by Jonathan OatisOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.
Persons:
Maria Fernanda Sanchez, Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, Sanchez, Stefanie Eschenbacher, Adriana Barrera, Alexander Villegas, Jonathan Oatis
Organizations:
MEXICO CITY, Police, Authorities, Interpol, Mexican Foreign Ministry, Thomson
Locations:
MEXICO, Germany, Berlin, Mexico, Berlin's Adlershof