Mexico MX/TX - Lidya Becerra Ramírez, 43, José Lozano Becerra, 15, & Kinnereth Becerra Ramírez, 26, La Antena/McAllen, TX, missing in 2 cars, 11 May 2022

[citizen_sleuth]

There is no English-language coverage of this disappearance that I could find, so I made a write-up (all Spanish-language articles linked below)

Lidya Ireydi Becerra Ramírez, 43, was traveling with her son, José Luis Lozano Becerra, 15, and her daughter, Kinnereth Ireydi Becerra Ramírez, 26. They were heading to the United States on the Cerralvo-Miguel Alemán highway from Rincón Guadalupe, Guadalupe, MX in two vehicles: a brown 2007 Honda Element with the license plate SRK1818 and a gray 2003 Honda Element with the license plate SPK3300.

Lidya and José were known to be in the brown 2007 Honda Element, and Kinnereth was driving the gray 2003 Honda Element.

According to Lidya’s father, Don Salvador Becerra Ibarra, the group was heading to McAllen, TX to buy clothes, something they did frequently, as they would resell those clothes in the markets in Monterrey. He hired a private investigator who was able to narrow down their last known location to an area known as La Antena, between Cerralvo, Nuevo León and Ciudad Mier, Tamaulipas. The investigator also said that their cellphones pinged: two were traced to the Mexican side of the border and one was traced to Texas. The phones have since been turned off.

The prosecutor with the Mexican Attorney General’s Office assigned to the case refused to elaborate on the location of the phones citing the ongoing investigator, but confirmed “we have the telephone numbers and their location.”

Lidya’s father says he has traveled the entire route Lidya would have taken from their home in Rincón Guadalupe to the Reynosa area in the hopes of at least locating the vehicles, but he found no trace of them. “[It’s like] they were swallowed by the earth,” he told a reporter with Milenio Noticias.

Sources:
Rodrigo Mendoza González, “Intentaban cruzar a EU, pero nadie más supo de ellos: la desaparición de una familia en NL,” El Heraldo de México, 15 May 2022.

Luis Antonio Garza, “Familia de Guadalupe desaparece en su trayecto a EU,” ABC Noticias, 15 May 2022.

Fernanda López, “Ubican celulares de familia desaparecida que viajaba a EU,” ABC Noticias, 16 May 2022.

Olivia Martínez, “Fiscalía halla encendidos celulares de familia desaparecida,” El Horizonte, 16 May 2022.

Zócalo, “Desaparece familia de Nuevo León cuando viajaba por carretera a Estados Unidos,” YouTube video, 1:09, 16 May 2022.

“Familia es reportada como desaparecida cuando viajaba hacia EE.UU desde Nuevo León,” El Imparcial, 16 May 2022.

Sandra Audelo, “Desaparece familia en Nuevo León, viajaba rumbo a Estados Unidos,” Debate, 17 May 2022.

Paola Meléndez, “Se Buscan: Familia desaparece en carretera Cerralvo-Miguel Alemán,” Hoy Tamaulipas, 17 May 2022.

“Dos mujeres y un menor de la misma familia desaparecen en carretera de NL; iban a EU,” Sin Embargo, 17 May 2022.

“Familia de Nuevo León desaparece en viaje de compras a EEUU,” Univision, 17 May 2022.

Alexandra Amao, “‘Imagínese, no como, no duermo’: familiar de desaparecidos,” Milenio Noticias, 18 May 2022.

“Su hija y nietos cruzaron a EU por pacas de ropa y no volvieron; el sr. Becerra está desesperado,” El Imparcial, 20 May 2022.

David Casas, “Lidya desapareció con sus 2 hijos rumbo a Texas; su padre solo quiere enterrarlos,” La Silla Rota, 24 May 2022.

Alicia Pardo, “Padre de familia desaparecida pide ayuda a AMLO,” Posta, 24 May 2022.

 

[annpats]

Their last known location, according to the P.I. was between Ceralvo and Ciudad Mier, (about 60km apart from each other.) They are both on Highway 54.

But a more direct route to McAllen, TX looks to be highway 40, further to the east.

I wonder why they chose to take this route?

If they headed on highway 40 to Reynosa, McAllen is just across the border from there.

I've enclosed a map below.

Thoughts?

 

[citizen_sleuth]

Their last known location, according to the P.I. was between Ceralvo and Ciudad Mier, (about 60km apart from each other.) They are both on Highway 54.

But a more direct route to McAllen, TX looks to be highway 40, further to the east.

I wonder why they chose to take this route?

If they headed on highway 40 to Reynosa, McAllen is just across the border from there.

I've enclosed a map below.

Thoughts?

I think they may have crossed at the Roma–Ciudad Miguel Alemán International Bridge instead of crossing at Reynosa. The checkpoint at Reynosa is likely busier than the one at Ciudad Miguel Alemán due to the size of the local population on both sides of the border. Also, there are a number of armed groups that patrol the border between Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, so they may have tried to avoid traveling on the roads parallel to the border.

 

[J-Kat]

Seems strange to me they would buy clothing in the US for resell in Mexico. I would think the cost in US would be much more than what they could recoup in Mexico.

 

[annpats]

Seems strange to me they would buy clothing in the US for resell in Mexico. I would think the cost in US would be much more than what they could recoup in Mexico.

I thought that myself, unless it was something very specific you couldn't get in Mexico.
But I'm sure there are all manner of things crossing the border, so nothing should be too unusual to get hold of, if you're Mexican. They're well catered for.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

Seems strange to me they would buy clothing in the US for resell in Mexico. I would think the cost in US would be much more than what they could recoup in Mexico.

Most of the resellers don't buy new clothes, they buy used clothes in bulk from Goodwill and other second-hand sellers that they can resell at a markup back in Mexico.

Here’s What Really Happens to Your Used Clothes

How what you donate in the United States gets smuggled into Mexico.

www.vox.com

 

[J-Kat]

Most of the resellers don't buy new clothes, they buy used clothes in bulk from Goodwill and other second-hand sellers that they can resell at a markup back in Mexico.

Here’s What Really Happens to Your Used Clothes

How what you donate in the United States gets smuggled into Mexico.

www.vox.com

That was my thought as well. Didn't make sense to buy new clothes for resell (even at WalMart or other discount stores) but Goodwill or other used clothing stores would be more likely.

 

[tarabull]

Regardless of what they were purchasing with the plan of reselling, it can't be a good sign when their cell phones have already been located.

I am confused by the need for 3 people to take 2 cars.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

Regardless of what they were purchasing with the plan of reselling, it can't be a good sign when their cell phones have already been located.

I am confused by the need for 3 people to take 2 cars.

My guess is that they were buying in bulk, which normally entails buying clothes by the pallets, so they probably needed two cars to bring it all back to Mexico.

 

[GraceG]

Seems strange to me they would buy clothing in the US for resell in Mexico. I would think the cost in US would be much more than what they could recoup in Mexico.

They are most likely shopping thrift stores, NOT paying full price. Here's an interesting article as to how popular a practice that is for those crossing the border to shop. Here’s What Really Happens to Your Used Clothes

 

[cvaldez1975]

bumping this up.

 

[citizen_sleuth]

No new updates but the search is ongoing and is focused on the areas their phones last pinged, according to Mexican authorities.

Nada se sabe de la familia Becerra Ibarra | informe24.net

Sigue la búsqueda de tres integrantes de la familia Becerra Ibarra de Nuevo León quienes fueron reportados como desaparecidos cuando viajaban

informe24.net

 

[dotr]

Desaparece familia en Nuevo León, viajaba rumbo a Estados Unidos

Se trata de Lidya Ireydi Becerra Ramírez, de 43 años, quien es madre de José Luis Lozano Becerra, de 15 y Kinnereth Becerra Ramírez, de 26

www.debate.com.mx

Family disappears in Nuevo León, traveling to the United States - Then24

New Lion.- A family in Nuevo León disappeared while traveling to the United States for labor issues, as reported by the authorities of the Specialized

then24.com

''The Specialized Prosecutor for Femicides and Crimes against Women of the State, Griselda Núñez, assured that andThey have located the cell phones of the merchant and two of her disappeared children when they traveled to the United States In the past week.

Approached at the end of an inauguration event of the UANL Cybercrime, Digital Law and Cybersecurity Research Center, the Prosecutor pointed out that the information they have is that the cell phones are on and they are in the process of investigating to locate the equipment.

“So far what we have is the knowledge of the fact, the complaint made by the relatives and the investigative activities,” said Núñez.

“What the relatives refer to is that in this case we have the telephone numbers and their location as soon as there is relevant information will be made known to them.

“The telephones are turned on and they are under investigation, reviewing this type of information, right now they are developing this type of investigation.”

 

[cnmccarthy]

Any updates? It’s so sad that three people went missing and there’s barely anything out there about it.

 

[cnmccarthy]

Bump