Carlos Ortega-Gonzalez, 48, vanished on November 27, 2010, after traveling from San Marcos, Texas, to Laredo with four companions: Luis Hernandez, Nicholas Munoz, Ricardo Gomez, and 14-year-old Jiovany Gomez, Ricardo’s nephew visiting from Chicago. The group drove a green 2003 Chevrolet Suburban, Texas plate AD98575, and went into Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, for shopping after completing vehicle paperwork in Laredo. Around noon that day Luis Hernandez called his wife and said they would return between 7:00 and 8:00 p.m., but none of the five returned home.

Munoz and Hernandez failed to show up for work at Heldenfels Enterprises Inc., prompting family and employer reports to police on November 30. The FBI opened a missing persons investigation; authorities have acknowledged the possibility of foul play, including kidnapping, though no ransom demands or communications had been received as of late 2010. The Suburban has not been found and the whereabouts of Carlos Ortega-Gonzalez and the four companions remain unknown.

Does anyone have information about the green 2003 Suburban, the group’s movements in Laredo or Nuevo Laredo on November 27, 2010, or contacts who might have seen them that day?