The FBI suspects a 63-year-old American woman with ties to Southern California was abducted from her home in Mexico this year and is offering a reward of up to $20,000 for information on her whereabouts.
Maria del Carmen Lopez was abducted from her home in Pueblo Nuevo, Colima, on February 9, according to the FBI’s Los Angeles office.
Lopez is 5-foot-2 and 160 pounds with blond hair, brown eyes and permanent eyeliner, the FBI said.
“We have no evidence at this time that this is a drug bust,” said Laura Eimler, a spokeswoman for the FBI in Los Angeles.
“He’s an American citizen and has family here in both the Los Angeles and Riverside areas,” Eimler said. He added that Lopez used to live in Southern California but currently resides in Mexico and is “going back and forth.”
Anyone with information on his whereabouts can contact the FBI or the nearest US embassy or consulate. The FBI Field Office in Los Angeles can be reached at (310) 477-6565. Information can also be submitted at tips.fbi.gov.
Times staff writer Terry Castleman contributed to this report.