The facts of the petition concern the risk faced by Rocío Alvarado Reyes, Nitza Alvarado Espinoza, and José Angel Alvarado Herrera who were detained in December 2009 in the state of Chihuahua, and whose whereabouts is unknown.

In November 2014, the Inter-American Court partially lifted the provisional measures of two of the beneficiaries due to their passing.