Photo: FBIThe FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information regarding the kidnapping of a 63-year-old U.S. citizen in Mexico.Maria del Carmen Lopez was last seen on Feb. 9 in Pueblo Nuevo, in the southwestern state of Colima, the FBI’s Los Angeles field officesaid in a news releaseon Thursday.Lopez, who is also a Mexican citizen, is 5-foot 2-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, the FBI said. She has blonde hair, brown eyes, and permanently tattooed eyeliner, the agency said.The FBI is working the investigation with assistance from the Mexican Attorney General’s Specialized Prosecutor for Organized Crime,according to CNN.On the day of her disappearance, the Colima Attorney General’s office initially opened the case, and prosecutors there are working with other U.S. agencies “seeking to clarify the facts and safeguard the integrity of the victim,” per CNN.The FBI encouraged anyone with information about Lopez’s kidnappingto contact its tip line.The woman’s disappearance comes just weeks after four Americans were kidnapped and two were killed in the border city of Matamoros.TheAmericans killedin the attack were Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown. The two survivors — Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams — were treated in a Texas hospital.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.A Mexican drug cartel later sent a letter apologizing for thedeadly kidnappingthat killed Woodard and Brown, as well as a local woman,the Associated Pressreported.Shaeed Woodard, Latavia Washington McGee, Eric Williams and Zindell Brown.Facebook (4)The AP obtained a copy of the letter from a law enforcement source in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, where the kidnappings took place. The letter, which purports to be from the Gulf Cartel, claimed those who carried out the attack have been turned into law enforcement.“We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” stated the letter.
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The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information regarding the kidnapping of a 63-year-old U.S. citizen in Mexico.Maria del Carmen Lopez was last seen on Feb. 9 in Pueblo Nuevo, in the southwestern state of Colima, the FBI’s Los Angeles field officesaid in a news releaseon Thursday.Lopez, who is also a Mexican citizen, is 5-foot 2-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, the FBI said. She has blonde hair, brown eyes, and permanently tattooed eyeliner, the agency said.The FBI is working the investigation with assistance from the Mexican Attorney General’s Specialized Prosecutor for Organized Crime,according to CNN.On the day of her disappearance, the Colima Attorney General’s office initially opened the case, and prosecutors there are working with other U.S. agencies “seeking to clarify the facts and safeguard the integrity of the victim,” per CNN.The FBI encouraged anyone with information about Lopez’s kidnappingto contact its tip line.The woman’s disappearance comes just weeks after four Americans were kidnapped and two were killed in the border city of Matamoros.TheAmericans killedin the attack were Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown. The two survivors — Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams — were treated in a Texas hospital.Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.A Mexican drug cartel later sent a letter apologizing for thedeadly kidnappingthat killed Woodard and Brown, as well as a local woman,the Associated Pressreported.Shaeed Woodard, Latavia Washington McGee, Eric Williams and Zindell Brown.Facebook (4)The AP obtained a copy of the letter from a law enforcement source in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, where the kidnappings took place. The letter, which purports to be from the Gulf Cartel, claimed those who carried out the attack have been turned into law enforcement.“We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” stated the letter.
The FBI is offering a $20,000 reward for information regarding the kidnapping of a 63-year-old U.S. citizen in Mexico.
Maria del Carmen Lopez was last seen on Feb. 9 in Pueblo Nuevo, in the southwestern state of Colima, the FBI’s Los Angeles field officesaid in a news releaseon Thursday.
Lopez, who is also a Mexican citizen, is 5-foot 2-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds, the FBI said. She has blonde hair, brown eyes, and permanently tattooed eyeliner, the agency said.
The FBI is working the investigation with assistance from the Mexican Attorney General’s Specialized Prosecutor for Organized Crime,according to CNN.
On the day of her disappearance, the Colima Attorney General’s office initially opened the case, and prosecutors there are working with other U.S. agencies “seeking to clarify the facts and safeguard the integrity of the victim,” per CNN.
The FBI encouraged anyone with information about Lopez’s kidnappingto contact its tip line.
The woman’s disappearance comes just weeks after four Americans were kidnapped and two were killed in the border city of Matamoros.
TheAmericans killedin the attack were Shaeed Woodard and Zindell Brown. The two survivors — Latavia Washington McGee and Eric Williams — were treated in a Texas hospital.
Want to keep up with the latest crime coverage? Sign up forPEOPLE’s free True Crime newsletterfor breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases.
A Mexican drug cartel later sent a letter apologizing for thedeadly kidnappingthat killed Woodard and Brown, as well as a local woman,the Associated Pressreported.
Shaeed Woodard, Latavia Washington McGee, Eric Williams and Zindell Brown.Facebook (4)
The AP obtained a copy of the letter from a law enforcement source in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, where the kidnappings took place. The letter, which purports to be from the Gulf Cartel, claimed those who carried out the attack have been turned into law enforcement.
“We have decided to turn over those who were directly involved and responsible in the events, who at all times acted under their own decision-making and lack of discipline,” stated the letter.
source: people.com
