Four American children have gone missing in northern Mexico, authorities in the region announced Sunday.
The children – all siblings aged between 9 and 12 – were last seen leaving their home on Saturday, according to the Chihuahua State Attorney’s office.
The four siblings were born in South Dakota and live in the town of Lázaro Cárdenas, about 50 miles southeast of Chihuahua.
The children are Elías Gómez Herrera Luis Mendo, 9 years old, and Madahi, Ismael, and Issac Gómez Herrera Luis Mendoza, each 12 years old.
The four children were born in South Dakota and live in northern Mexico. They are between 9 and 12 years old. Chihuahua State Attorney General’s Office Lázaro Cárdenas Street in Meoqui, Mexico — the residence of the four missing children.
It is not clear if they are US citizens. The US State Department did not respond to a request for comment at the time of publication.
It is also unclear whether there were signs of foul play in the child’s disappearance.
Mexico has a notoriously high number of people reported missing.
In 2022, the official missing persons list first broke 100,000 individuals.
The day before the brothers disappeared, Mexican authorities and officials from US Customs and Border Protection met at the Bridge of America border crossing to reveal the faces of their 10 most wanted criminals.
US Border Patrol and Mexico’s 10 most wanted criminals
Each of the 10 is believed to be linked to a criminal organization operating between Mexico and the US.
“All of these people have active warrants,” El Paso Sector Chief Patrol Agent Anthony Good said, according to the Border Report.
“They are wanted for murder, they are wanted for human trafficking, smuggling, drug trafficking. … Just the worst of the worst.”
At least three of the individuals on the list have appeared on the most wanted list before.
The names of the alleged criminals were not included in the leaflets, but officials said their faces would be posted along busy streets in Mexico and at border stations in the US.
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