Right 2: Age-Progressed by NCMEC to 23 years; 34 years
Right 2: Age-Progressed by NCMEC to 23 years; 34 years
Name: Jose Francisco Fuentes Pereira
Case Classification: Endangered Missing
Missing Since: December 7, 1993
Location Last Seen: San Diego, San Diego County, California
Date of Birth: October 10, 1986
Age: 7 years old
Race: White/Hispanic/Latino
Gender: Male
Height: 3'4"
Weight: 60 lbs
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel
Nickname/Alias: Paquito / Jose Francisco Pereira Fuentes
Distinguishing Marks/Features: He has a scar on his forehead
Dentals: Not available
Fingerprints: Unknown
DNA: Unknown
Clothing: Pants
Jewelry: Unknown
Additional Personal Items: Unknown
Jose was last seen on December 7, 1993, and has not been heard from since. He was crossing the border with his siblings to join his mother in USA.
Jose, with his two teenage brothers, a sister and an aunt, had finally reached the United States border after a month-long journey of more than 2,000 miles from El Salvador. they made their way from El Salvador through Guatemala and into Mexico. Jose was separated from his family in the group's scramble to breach the fence and dash to the American side of a two-way road guarded by the U.S. Border Patrol. They were somewhere near San Ysidro in San Diego County but nobody, not even the authorities, knows exactly where. Paid smugglers, or "coyotes," who shepherded Jose's family to the United States, brought them to a "safe house" in California. A search team went back to look for Jose, but without success.
Jose did not know his birth date or last name. He may not have even known his given first name. He was from a small village and never went to school.
Agency Name: San Diego Police Department
Agency Contact Person: N/A
Agency Phone Number: (619) 531-2000
Agency E-Mail: N/A
Agency Case Number: 930109920
NCIC Case Number: M0740050511
NamUS Case Number: 6087
NCMEC Case Number: NCMC861376
Added: Prior to 2011; Last Updated: 01-13-2023 - By: kc
Questions or comments? Please contact appropriate member of the Area Team
** Listed information is from the time of disappearance.
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