3 Texas women go missing after visiting Mexico to sell clothes in flea market
PENITAS, TEXAS: Three Texas women, who had entered Mexico two weeks ago, are still reported missing. Penitas Police Chief Roel Bermea on Friday, March 10, updated that their department is in touch with the families of the missing women and the Mexican authorities who are directly involved in the investigation. Maritza Rios and Marina Rios, along with their friend Dora Saenz, had crossed over to Mexico last month to sell clothes at a flea market, according to US authorities.
Moreover, four Americans were abducted in Mexico recently. Since the incident was captured on video last week, the matter was resolved in a few days after receiving a huge response online. As per Bermea, US Customs and Border Protection reported that the three women crossed over to Mexico on February 24. Penitas city is merely a few hundred feet from the Rio Grande River. The police chief of the small border city informed that the husband of one of the women called and was able to communicate with her by phone as she traveled to Mexico, but got worried after he failed to connect later. “Since he couldn’t make contact over that weekend, he approached us on Monday and filed a complaint,” Bermea said.
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The 3 women were driving green Chevy Silverado
After crossing over to Mexico, the women were unreachable. The police chief described their vehicle as a green mid-1990s Chevy Silverado which they had taken to the flea market in the city of Montemorelos in Nuevo Leon state. It’s estimated to be a three-hour drive from the border and the investigative team has been looking into the case since Monday, March 6. For the four kidnapped Americans, Mexican soldiers and National Guard troops were involved in an extensive operation, as per New York Post report.
At least 112,000 Mexicans missing nationwide
However, it is reported that 112,000 Mexicans are missing nationwide with no one looking for them other than some of their desperate relatives. The other factors that tied the hands of the Mexican authorities is their lack of manpower, equipment and training. The situation in Mexico is so worse that the department has no resource to even identify the bodies found in tens of thousands in the country.