Jose Henriquez-Diaz was 13 when he went missing after a migrant crossing near Sells, Arizona. The group set out on June 1, 2007; on June 3 ATVs and a helicopter caused the group to scatter and most were detained by Border Patrol. Jose and two women slipped away and continued on foot into the Sonoran Desert.

The women were taken into custody on the evening of June 11 and reported that the three had walked together for some time but that Jose was later no longer behind them. He was last seen wearing a blue shirt, blue jeans, black shoes and a blue baseball cap, with black hair, brown eyes and a small chicken pox scar on the right side of his forehead. The circumstances of how he became separated remain unclear and the case is classified as a migrant disappearance.

Anyone who was in the Sells area in early June 2007 or has information about crossings that week is asked to come forward with any details that might help Jose’s family.