An Ohio architect, his fiancée and her two relations went lacking in Mexico on Christmas Day — and kinfolk worry they might have been kidnapped.
The household of Jose Gutierrez, who had been visiting his soon-to-be-wife Daniela Márquez in Zacatecas, instructed Fox 19 they haven’t heard from their son since he and her household went out to eat at a restaurant Sunday.
Gutierrez, Márquez, her sister Viviana and their cousin Irma Vargas didn’t return to Márquez’s Colotlán dwelling at 10 p.m. as deliberate, Márquez’s mom Rosa Pichardo instructed TV Azteca. Practically two hours later, Pichardo acquired a notification that her daughter was in Vivoras, about 20 miles north of Colotlán.
The SUV the group had been utilizing was discovered deserted within the Vivoras neighborhood, TV Ateca stated.
“There have been those that noticed they have been kidnapping them, there was lots of panic, screams, however they didn’t get them out and so they took the automobile,” Pichardo stated. “They took the ladies, my daughter’s fiancé, Daniela. They took off, they went to Vivoras.”
Gutierrez had left Cincinnati to go to Márquez on Dec. 22, a visit his household says he makes usually.
“He goes about thrice per 12 months,” his sister, Brandie Gutierrez, instructed Fox Wednesday.
Brandie stated she final spoke to her brother on Christmas earlier than they went out to eat. Later that evening, she stated she learn experiences of hassle within the space.
“The bars truly observed screams,” she stated. “There’s something that’s not proper.”
The US Division of State issued a journey advisory for varied areas in Mexico. Zacatecas is certainly one of Mexican states the US warns “don’t journey to” due to crime and kidnapping.
“Violent crime, extortion, and gang exercise are widespread in Zacatecas state. U.S. residents and LPRs have been victims of kidnapping,” the advisory states.
The Mexican authorities is reportedly looking for the lacking household. A State Division spokesperson instructed Fox Information that it’s working with native authorities to assist with search efforts.
