Two sisters from Texas and a pal are missing in Mexico after they crossed the border last month to sell clothes at a flea market, U.S. authorities mentioned Friday.
The kidnapping of 4 Individuals in Mexico that was caught on video last week acquired an avalanche of consideration and was resolved in a matter of days. However the destiny of the three women, who haven’t been heard from in about two weeks, stays a thriller and has garnered comparatively little publicity.
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The FBI mentioned Friday it’s conscious that two sisters from Penitas, a small border metropolis in Texas close to McAllen, and their pal have gone missing. Penitas Police Chief Roel Bermea mentioned their households have been in contact with Mexican authorities, who’re investigating their disappearance.
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Past that, officers in the U.S. and Mexico haven’t mentioned a lot about their pursuit of Maritza Trinidad Perez Rios, 47; Marina Perez Rios, 48; and their pal, Dora Alicia Cervantes Saenz, 53.
In these undated pictures offered by the Penitas Police Division, from left are sisters Maritza Rios, 47, and Marina Rios, 48, and their pal, Dora Saenz, 53. On Friday, March 10, 2023, authorities mentioned the three women haven’t been heard from since touring from Texas into Mexico on Feb. 24 to sell clothes at a flea market. (Courtesy of Penitas Police Division through AP).
The episode stands in stark distinction to the federal government and media frenzy over the kidnapping of 4 Individuals on a street journey to Mexico for cosmetic surgery. They have been caught in a drug cartel shootout in the border metropolis of Matamoros, and video confirmed them being hauled off in a pickup truck. The 2 survivors have been discovered Tuesday in a wood shack close to the Gulf coast.
U.S. Customs and Border Safety says the three women crossed into Mexico on Feb. 24, a Friday, in accordance to Bermea. Penitas is only a few hundred ft from the Rio Grande River.
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One of many women’s husband spoke to her by telephone whereas she was touring in Mexico, the police chief mentioned, however grew involved when he couldn’t attain her afterward.
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“Since he couldn’t make contact over that weekend, he got here in that Monday and reported it to us,” Bermea mentioned. The three women haven’t been heard from since.
Bermea mentioned the women have been touring in a inexperienced mid-Nineties Chevy Silverado to a flea market in town of Montemorelos, in Nuevo Leon state. It’s a few three-hour drive from the border.
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Officers on the state prosecutor’s workplace mentioned they’ve been investigating the women’s disappearance since Monday.
This week’s huge seek for the 4 kidnapped Individuals concerned squads of Mexican troopers and National Guard troops. However for a lot of the 112,000 Mexicans missing nationwide, the one ones searching for them are their determined kin.
Authorities additionally lack manpower, tools and coaching — issues are so unhealthy that authorities aren’t even ready to determine tens of 1000’s of our bodies which have been discovered.
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