Edgar Encinas Machado was 26 when he was last seen crossing from Sonora, Mexico into the United States on September 20, 2002. His last known location was Douglas, Arizona, in Cochise County at the international border. At the time he went missing he was described wearing green camouflage print pants, a white t-shirt with a yellow sweater, and white Nike shoes. He is about 6 feet tall, 176 pounds, with black clean-cut hair, a beard, and brown eyes.

Edgar had multiple tattoos: the name Anna on his left chest; an eagle and the name edgar on his back shoulder; a dragon on his left foot; and another tattoo on the side of his calf. His case was reported to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and entered into NamUs on October 21, 2017. DNA samples from his father and two sisters are on file.

If anyone saw Edgar in the Douglas/Sonora border area on or after September 20, 2002, or has information about his movements that day, please come forward.