The facts of the case refer to the impunity surrounding the December 2009 arrest and subsequent disappearance by security forces of Nitza Paola Alvarado Espinoza, José Ángel Alvarado Herrera and Rocío Irene Alvarado Reyes in Benito Juárez, in the area of the municipality of Buenaventura within the state of Chihuaha.

In its sentence, the IA Court applied standards on forced disappearance in its examination of State responsibility in the facts of the case. Additionally, it developed issues concerning the participation of armed forces in actions of public safety.