She has still not been found. Evidence suggests that she was kidnapped by human traffickers in order to force her into prostitution, and may have been forcibly transported to either La Rioja Province, Argentina or Spain. Marita's mother, Susana Trimarco , has run a tireless search to find her daughter. Her search has led to more than 20 women who were victims of trafficking. The Maria de los Angeles Foundation rescues and helps victims of trafficking.
For example, the foundation played a vital role in bringing Alika Kinan's case to court. Three days later she was found by police in the area of La Ramada, over 30 kilometers away, wearing shoes with heels instead of the sneakers she had been wearing when she disappeared. It appeared that she had escaped from a sex party.
I will never forget that day, as it was when my daughter's life was destroyed," Trimarco told the BBC. No-one knew her whereabouts. Trimarco recounted, "We walked back and forth to hospitals, streets; we talked with her girlfriends. I was desperate. At the police station, they didn't want to take our report; they said she had gone voluntarily with a boyfriend or with her girlfriends. Then they said they had no paper to take down a report, or gas to go out and look for her in a car.
A number of days later a witness came forward and reported seeing Marita being pushed into a red car by three men. Three weeks later a prostitute told her parents that she had been 'sold' to traffickers. With little support from the police, Marita's parents conducted their own investigation, which soon led to enough evidence to allow the police to raid a number of suspected brothels where her daughter could have been being held. One of the women freed during this raid reported seeing Marita in "Candy" with dyed hair and blue contact lenses, but that she had been removed shortly before the raid.
The information she gathered from these visits led to police raids which rescued dozens of women who were being sexually exploited. The search was given another lead when the alleged madam of "Candy", Lidia Medina, was heard to say, "Those fools are looking for her, and she's in Spain. She was detained along with her husband and a La Rioja Province official who was transporting women. The raids have led to a series of women being released.
