Hector Emmanuel Esparza Mariscal was 24 when he was last seen on August 15, 2015, in Lukeville, Pima County, Arizona, while attempting to cross the border from Sonoita, Sonora, Mexico. His family did not hear from him after that day, and the disappearance was reported to the Phoenix Police Department on October 21, 2017, under case number 201700002099638.

Hector is described as Hispanic/Latino and White/Caucasian, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 150 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes and white staining on his front teeth. When last seen he wore a long-sleeved camouflage shirt and white tennis shoes size 10.5, carried a brown wallet with a voter ID and business cards signed P27, and wore a braided red thread bracelet. He was known by the nickname Pelon.

There have been no confirmed contacts or substantive leads reported since his last known whereabouts, and the investigation remains open. If anyone has information about Hector’s movements around August 15, 2015, or remembers seeing him in the Lukeville or Sonoita areas, please come forward.