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Alejandra
Cuellar
77
33
62 inches
135 lbs
Hispanic / Latino
Female
In the spring of 1982, a 33-year-old woman named Alejandra Cuellar disappeared from El Paso, Texas, under troubling circumstances that have left her family searching for answers for decades. On April 8, 1982, the expectant mother, who was eight to nine months pregnant, was with coworkers. After cashing their paychecks and going shopping, she mentioned needing to pick up her children from her ex-husband's home and having an appointment around 6:00 p.m. Alejandra, who also went by the names Alejandra Munoz Cadena and Alejandra Cuellar Munoz, was last seen wearing a blue maternity blouse with white dots and white maternity pants. She had brown hair and brown eyes and a noticeable scar on her abdomen. Her plans for the evening seemed routine, giving no indication of the mystery that was about to unfold. The last known sighting of Alejandra was in El Paso, but her vehicle, a critical piece of evidence, was discovered abandoned in Juarez, Mexico. The car was found with the keys still in the ignition, a detail that only deepened the concern for her well-being. The investigation into her disappearance revealed that she had entered Juarez, but there was no indication that she ever returned to the United States. The circumstances surrounding her vanished are part of a larger, tragic pattern of women going missing in and around the border city of Juarez. The case of Alejandra Cuellar remains unsolved, a painful and enduring mystery for her loved ones. Foul play is suspected in her disappearance. The discovery of her car in Juarez, a city that has been plagued by the disappearances and murders of hundreds of women since the 1990s, adds a layer of dread to her case. Despite the passage of time, authorities, including the El Paso Police Department and the El Paso County Sheriff's Office, continue to seek information that might shed light on what happened to Alejandra after she crossed the border. Her case is a heart-wrenching example of the many unresolved missing persons cases that have cast a long shadow over the El Paso-Juarez border region, leaving families in a perpetual state of uncertainty and grief.
Apr 08, 1982
El Paso
Texas
El Paso County
79924
No
126790
El Paso Police Department
El Paso
Texas
El Paso County
79903
Michael Aman
Detective
911 North Raynor, Texas
9158324400
Local
Law Enforcement
14-078088
1982-04-08
El Paso Police Department
Brown
Brown
Brown
09/26/2026
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