For nearly a month, relatives had no answers after an older couple disappeared in the Mexico City area. That changed when authorities entered a property in Gustavo A. Madero and found both bodies inside a cistern. Prosecutors and firefighters carried out the recovery while investigators worked to reconstruct the couple’s final movements. The discovery now shifts attention to what happened between their disappearance in mid-February and the search that ended this week in the Faja de Oro neighborhood.

A month-long disappearance

Authorities recovered the bodies of an older couple from a cistern at a property in Faja de Oro, in Gustavo A. Madero. The couple had been missing since February 14. The recovery unfolded after authorities worked the scene from Tuesday night into Wednesday.

The victims were identified in reports as Alejandro Rojas Hernández and Lilia Aldama Martínez, both 62. Reports said they lived in the State of Mexico and worked at a business linked to the property. The address repeatedly cited was Norte 70-A, near Henry Ford.

What authorities found

Emergency crews and prosecutors responded after the bodies were located inside the underground water tank. Firefighters used specialized equipment to enter the cistern and support the recovery. The property remained under guard while forensic teams processed the scene.

The case drew attention because the couple had been missing for about a month before they were found. That gap now places greater focus on the timeline between their disappearance and the discovery at the property where they worked.

What remains unclear

Authorities had not publicly explained how the couple ended up inside the cistern by Wednesday. They were still building the investigation and working to establish the circumstances of the deaths. For now, the confirmed facts center on the location, the recovery operation, and the month-long period since the couple vanished.

With information from N+, Milenio, Fiscalía de Personas Desaparecidas del Estado de México