On November 27, 2010, 43-year-old Ricardo Gomez of San Marcos, Texas, disappeared after crossing the border into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, with four companions. He was traveling in a green 2003 Chevrolet Suburban, Texas plate AD98575, with his 14-year-old nephew Jiovany Gomez of Chicago and three San Marcos residents: Luis Hernandez, Carlos Ortega-Gonzales, and Nicholas Munoz. The group had gone to Laredo, Texas, to handle vehicle paperwork and crossed into Nuevo Laredo for shopping; Hernandez called his wife about noon saying they expected to be back between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., but none of them returned that evening.

Authorities were alerted on November 30, 2010, when Munoz and Hernandez failed to report for work. The FBI’s San Antonio office opened a missing persons investigation and noted the strong possibility of a kidnapping. Family members feared abduction, and foul play is suspected; Jiovany is listed as a runaway by some agencies but vanished in the same circumstances as the adults. Has anyone who lived in or traveled through Nuevo Laredo in late November 2010 seen the Suburban or these men?