A Bay Area family calls the last four months 'torturous' as they wait to hear news of their loved one, who was kidnapped in Mexico.
Gustavo said the FBI told him that whoever took Monica has demands.
“In this day and age, that we live in. It just seems very difficult that even in Mexico, someone could just disappear or that these people that are contacting my family and harassing them that they can just be ghosts in this digital network,” he said.“It’s something that happens in movies and television not in real life,” Gustavo said.
The reality has set in for Monica’s family and close friends as they are working together through a Facebook page to get her back to safely. “She is kind and smart and loyal to the end and she’s a helluva lot tougher than I am,” Gustavo said. “I would very much like to have my sister back before time runs out.”
Anyone with information about Monica’s whereabouts should contact the local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
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