Ignacio Dejesus Cantua was seven years old when he was last seen in Calexico, California, on January 1, 1999. He was described as a Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes, about 4 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 85 pounds; his birthdate is July 17, 1991.

Ignacio disappeared along with his mother, Maria Teresa Cantua, and his sister, Maria Cantua. The family has not been seen or heard from since that day, and the circumstances of their disappearance remain largely unclear. The Calexico Police Department classifies the case as endangered missing and is the investigating agency.

If anyone has information about where Ignacio or his family might be or remembers seeing them around January 1999, please share what you know.