Jorge Armando Ruiz Hernandez was 24 when he was last seen on July 14, 2003, in the Sierra Vista or Bisbee area of Cochise County, Arizona. He had reportedly been with a group of migrants who had just crossed near Naco and was left behind near mile marker 132 for reasons that remain unclear.

When he vanished he was wearing black Levi’s and yellow work boots. Described as Hispanic, between 5 feet 5 inches and 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighing 150 to 170 pounds, he had a distinctive tattoo on his left leg of a rose with a band. The disappearance was reported to the Pima County Medical Examiner’s Office months later, and Jorge’s case was entered into national missing persons databases, but his whereabouts remain unknown.

Anyone who knew Jorge, saw him in the Sierra Vista or Bisbee area around July 14, 2003, or has information about migrants left behind near mile marker 132 is asked to come forward.