Two missing boys from Texas were found safe on Wednesday as the whereabouts of their kidnapper remains unknown.
Two missing boys from Texas were found safe on Wednesday as the whereabouts of their kidnapper remains unknown, hours after authorities released an Amber Alert for the children.Angel Ribera, 5, and Aiydann Ribera, 4, were last seen on Tuesday around 9 p.m. in Yorktown. The Amber Alert for the children was issued on Wednesday around 4 a.m.The Dewitt County Sheriff's Office announced the children were found at 8:55 a.m. in a Facebook post.
Nanavaty, Executive Director of Special Programs for the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, said in a previous interview with Newsweek.As of last year, 1,200 children were found through the AMBER Alert system and 180 children were rescued because of the emergency alerts.Issued alerts are broadcast through radio, TV, road signs, cellphones and other data-enabled devices.In 2022, Texas had the most AMBER Alerts issued in the U.S. with 31 alerts issued.
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