Yanin Leiva was 29 when he was last seen on June 5, 2018, in Falfurrias, Texas. His disappearance is tied to a pattern of missing-person cases in the Falfurrias area, a border region where migrants and others face extreme hazards such as dehydration, heat exhaustion and the risks of attempting to avoid checkpoints.

There is limited public detail about the specific circumstances of Leiva’s disappearance, and the case remains unsolved. The Texas Department of Public Safety and local organizations including the South Texas Human Rights Center have been involved in efforts to locate him. Community tips continue to be important in cases from this area due to the high number of disappearances and the dangerous conditions people may encounter while traveling.

Did anyone in the Falfurrias area or along known migrant routes see Yanin Leiva in early June 2018 or have information that could help locate him?