In the early hours of Sunday, January 18, 2026, 28-year-old Lidya Valdivia Juárez left the city of Puebla in her Chevrolet Malibu sedan, heading toward the small town of Acajete-Apango. She was nine months pregnant, with a doctor’s appointment scheduled for the very next day to prepare for delivery. What should have been a routine early-morning drive turned into a nightmare within minutes of entering the rural stretch of road.

According to family members, Lidya managed to send her boyfriend a chilling photograph and several urgent voice messages just after 2 a.m. In the messages, she sounded terrified, warning that two men on a motorcycle, accompanied by a gray vehicle, had been tailing her closely for several minutes. “They’re following me,” she reportedly said, pleading for help. That was the last anyone heard from her. Her phone went silent, the vehicle vanished, and search efforts have since intensified across Puebla and neighboring areas.

The disappearance has gripped the community in Puebla, where authorities quickly activated alert protocols. The Puebla State Prosecutor’s Office has confirmed that the last geolocation data from her car pointed to the Acajete-Apango highway before the signal was lost. The Chevrolet Malibu, bearing license plate UCR923B, remains unrecovered, and no trace of Lidya or the suspected pursuers has surfaced. Family members describe her as a responsible young woman who would never disappear voluntarily, especially so close to giving birth.

Her sister took to social media to express the family’s anguish: “My family is devastated. She was about to have her baby, and now we don’t know if she’s safe or even alive.” The post included pleas for information and highlighted the desperate final communications Lidya sent before vanishing. Relatives and supporters have shared the alert widely, urging anyone with details to contact authorities immediately.

This case underscores the ongoing dangers faced by women traveling alone on isolated roads in parts of Mexico. Puebla has seen similar reports of vehicle pursuits and abductions in recent years, raising alarms about road safety in rural zones. The Commission for the Search of Persons in Puebla, along with state police, has expanded operations, including requests for collaboration with authorities in the State of Mexico after preliminary geolocation checks suggested possible movement beyond Puebla borders.

As days pass without news, the urgency grows. Lidya’s due date has come and gone, amplifying fears for both her safety and that of her unborn child. Volunteers, community groups, and online networks continue circulating her photo and details, hoping for a breakthrough. The Prosecutor’s Office has appealed for any witnesses or dashcam footage from that fateful morning.

The family remains in agony, clinging to hope that Lidya will be found alive. For now, the dark highway between Acajete and Apango holds the unanswered questions of what happened in those terrifying final moments—and where a heavily pregnant woman and her baby have gone.