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