27case filesUpdated Jul 18, 2026
Casepin holds 27 case files in Mexico. By legal status, 13 marked unsolved, 2 marked ongoing, 11 marked solved and 1 marked overturned.
Credit: ProtoplasmaKidCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenGustavo A. Madero, Mexico City, Mexico · 2020
Ingrid Escamilla Vargas, a 25-year-old woman, was murdered by her boyfriend in Mexico City on 9 February 2020 in an act of femicide. He was later convicted and sentenced to 70 years in prison. The case sparked national outrage after graphic images of her body were leaked to tabloid media and social networks.
Credit: Sergey YarmolyukCC BY-SA 3.0SourceUNSOLVEDListenCoast of Mexico, en route between Los Angeles and Puerto Vallarta/Cabo San Lucas aboard the Disney Wonder · 2012
Rebecca Coriam, a 24-year-old British crew member, vanished from the Disney Wonder cruise ship off the coast of Mexico on 22 March 2011 and has never been found; her family and multiple officials have criticized the investigation led by Disney Cruise Line and Bahamian police as inadequate.
Credit: Via WikipediaEditorial useSourceSOLVEDListenLomas Taurinas, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico · 1990s
Luis Donaldo Colosio, the PRI's presidential candidate, was shot in the head at a campaign rally in Tijuana on 23 March 1994 and died shortly after; Mario Aburto Martínez was arrested at the scene and convicted, though contradictory accounts and conspiracy theories persist.
SOLVEDListenIrapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico · 2020
In June and July 2020, gunmen carried out two mass shootings at drug rehabilitation centers in Irapuato, Guanajuato, Mexico, killing 10 people on June 6 and 27–28 people on July 1, amid a territorial war between the Santa Rosa de Lima and Jalisco New Generation cartels.
SOLVEDListenTorreón, Coahuila, Mexico · 1911
Between May 13–15, 1911, a mob of rebel soldiers and local residents killed 308 Chinese and Japanese immigrants in Torreón, Coahuila, Mexico, amid the Mexican Revolution, destroying much of the city's Chinese-owned property and sparking a diplomatic crisis with Qing China.
Credit: Gavin Daniel WieszalaCC BY-SA 4.0SourceSOLVEDListenCaborca, Sonora, Mexico · 1857
In April 1857, an armed party of American colonists led by Henry A. Crabb was defeated by Mexican liberal forces and their O'odham allies at Caborca, Sonora, after an eight-day battle; roughly 50 to 77 survivors, including Crabb, were subsequently executed by firing squad.
UNSOLVEDListenAmilcingo, Temoac, Morelos, Mexico · 2019
Samir Flores Soberanes, a Mexican environmental activist and community radio host, was shot and killed outside his home in Amilcingo, Morelos, on 20 February 2019, the morning after publicly confronting government officials over a controversial infrastructure project. His killing remains unsolved.
UNSOLVEDListenJiménez, Tamaulipas, Mexico · 2013
Catholic priest Carlos Ornelas Puga was abducted by armed men in Jiménez, Tamaulipas, on 3 November 2013 after conducting evening mass. He has not been found, and Mexican authorities allege organized crime involvement.
SOLVEDListenGreat Temple (Templo Mayor), Tenochtitlan · 1520
On 22 May 1520, Spanish forces under Pedro de Alvarado killed a large number of Mexica nobles and celebrants during the Feast of Toxcatl inside Tenochtitlan's Great Temple, an event that inflamed the Mexica population and contributed to the Spanish expulsion from the city during La Noche Triste.
UNSOLVEDListenSan José Cosolapa, Oaxaca, Mexico · 2014
On August 11, 2014, Mexican journalist Octavio Rojas Hernández was shot and killed at his home in San José Cosolapa, Oaxaca, days after his newspaper published an article linking the local police chief to a fuel-theft ring. The case remains unsolved.
The files run from 1520 to 2026. The 2010s hold the most, with 10 files. The oldest is Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, from 1520.
By type, the largest groups are murder and homicide cases (19), kidnapping and abduction cases (8) and disappearance cases (4).
3 files of the 27 have coverage attached: 11 videos, podcasts and documentaries from 4 creators. The most covered is Killing of Ingrid Escamilla, with 6 items to watch or hear. That Chapter, Stephanie Harlowe and Morbid have covered the most of them.
Every file is written from cited sources and pinned where it happened, and every person named carries the legal status the record gives them. If you hold information about an unsolved case, contact the investigating agency named in its file rather than posting it publicly. Families and anyone involved can request a correction from any file.
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Trotsky gardening — Credit: The MilitantPublic domainSource
Luis Donaldo Colosio — Credit: Via WikipediaEditorial useSource
Cruces Lomas del Poleo — Credit: iosePublic domainSource
ESTACION NORMAL — Credit: No machine-readable author provided. JEDIKNIGHT1970 assumed (based on copyright claims).CC BY-SA 2.5Source
The 1857 Crabb Massacre Map — Credit: Gavin Daniel WieszalaCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Carteles de protesta por el feminicidio de Ingrid Escamilla 01 — Credit: ProtoplasmaKidCC BY-SA 4.0Source
Colegio Americano del Noreste shooting CCTV still — Credit: Unknown authorPublic domainSource
27. By status: 13 unsolved, 2 ongoing, 11 solved and 1 overturned. The count covers published files only and changes as new files clear review.
Massacre in the Great Temple of Tenochtitlan, from 1520. Open the file
Killing of Ingrid Escamilla, with 6 videos, podcasts and documentaries linked from its file. Open the file
That Chapter (1 case), Stephanie Harlowe (1 case) and Morbid (1 case), among 4 creators in all.
It rebuilds hourly from the published files; the newest file change here is dated Jul 18, 2026. A status changes only when the record behind it does.
