Elisa Ledesma

Elisa Ledesma is a police commissioner and advisor to the Ministry of the Interior in Paraguay. Recently, she has been in the news for her role in the implementation of a new national mechanism for searching and locating missing persons, which aims to improve coordination among various state agencies and the National Police. Her work includes adjusting protocols for missing persons cases and ensuring that the police actively verify the status of reported disappearances. Ledesma highlighted the need for a national registry of missing persons, prompted by recent high-profile cases, including the suspected femicide of Fernanda Benítez.