"Lisa Torres woke up with an unexplained chest pain on July 29, 2017. She was in Guanajuato, visiting family. She thought she was going to get sick. She had a feeling something was wrong, although at that moment she didn't know that her 22-year-old son, Roberto Franco Jr., had just disappeared on the way to where she was. Roberto had left Houston, Texas, at the wheel of a vehicle around 4:00 a.m. He was due to arrive in the Mexican city by 10:00 a.m."
"Juan Francisco Hernandez, 24, worked cleaning tanks at a refinery in the Houston area. Born in Texas, he had to return to Mexico as a child with his mother while she sorted out her paperwork. At 18, he decided to travel from Houston to San Luis Potosi to get his U.S. passport because he wanted to go home. Every time they spoke, he would tell Luz Francisca, No worries, ma."
"It was August 30, and Ernesto Garnica Jr. was turning 29. He worked at a shelter for migrant children and lived between Texas and Matamoros. On his birthday, he got off work late and called: Mom, what's up? He told her he had plans to have a barbecue with friends, but that he would eat with her the next day."
On July 29, 2017, Lisa Torres awoke with unexplained chest pain in Guanajuato as her 22-year-old son, Roberto Franco Jr., disappeared en route from Houston. Roberto left around 4:00 a.m. and never arrived by 10:00 a.m.; calls went unanswered. Luz Francisca Rivera, recovering from surgery on a ranch without service, depended on walking to town to contact her son, Juan Francisco Hernandez, who had traveled with Roberto and worked in Houston-area refineries. Families received no immediate answers. A month later, Ernesto Garnica Jr. was reported missing; his truck was found burned with two charred bodies, and DNA testing followed. There are 1,756 Americans missing in Mexico.
Read at english.elpais.com
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