Cecilia Salinas Soto was 72 when she disappeared while traveling with her husband, Roberto Muñoz, and their grandson, Armando Salinas. On January 3, 2013, the family was last seen in Sierra Blanca, Texas, returning from a holiday visit to relatives in Mexico. They had left their home in Coachella, California, in December 2012 and intended to return in early January, but all contact stopped after that January day.

Their green 2003 Ford F-150 pickup truck was also missing, and attempts to reach the family by phone failed because their cell phones appeared to be turned off. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department opened the case; federal agencies including the FBI and U.S. Border Patrol and the U.S. Consulate in Juarez became involved because there is no record of the family re-entering the United States. Cross-border jurisdictional issues and limited leads have slowed progress.

Anyone who saw the green 2003 Ford F-150 or has information about the family’s movements around January 3, 2013, is asked to come forward.