On July 6, 1996, 27-year-old Vicente Rios Quinonez and a companion identified as Julian Quinonez were last seen at the Lukeville port of entry in Pima County, Arizona, preparing to cross from Mexico into the United States. Vicente is described as a Hispanic male, 5 feet 8 inches tall, about 160 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. After that day neither man was seen or heard from again.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department opened an investigation under case number 970714256, but there were no witnesses to a crossing and no physical evidence recovered. The account notes the region’s harsh desert conditions and says the circumstances of their disappearance remain unresolved and without clear leads.

Did anyone in the Lukeville area or along likely desert routes in July 1996 see anything that might help explain what happened to Vicente or Julian?