Missing: Cpl. Armando Torres III
Service: US Marine
Missing From: La Barranca, Tamaulipas, Mexico
Missing Date: May 14, 2013
Age at Time Missing: 25-27 years
Height: n/a
Weight: n/a
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Hair Style: Short
Facial: Clean shaven at time missing
Eye Color: Brown
Clothing: n/a
Police Agency: FBI – Brownsville, 956-546-6922 or Hidalgo County Sheriff’s Office, 956-383-8114
HCSO Incident number: 13-18523
Circumstance: On May 14, 2013, Cpl. Armando Torres III, a US Marine and citizen, drove across the International Port of Entry Bridge at Progresso, Texas, to visit his father’s ranch in La Barranca, Tamaulipas, Mexico which is located near the International Port of Entry Bridge at Los Indios, Texas. Shortly after he arrived at the ranch, armed gunmen entered the ranch and took all three Torres family members by force. They have not been seen or heard from since this event. Family members said they were kidnapped by armed men believed to be cartel members who reportedly took control over a portion of the ranch using it as a distribution point to smuggle drugs into the U.S.
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