Mother found daughter kidnapped in Florida 14 years ago

A Mexican mother was reunited with her daughter last Friday after the minor was kidnapped 14 years ago from her Florida home. The reunion was possible thanks to a message that the young woman sent him from Mexico via social networks.

Clermont police this week celebrated the closure of the case which began in September 2007 with the kidnapping of Jacqueline Hernández, who was then a 6-year-old girl who lived with her mother, Angélica Vences-Salgado, in this city in central Florida.

Victim’s father, Pablo Henry Hernández, has ‘current’ arrest warrant as suspect in kidnapping, detailed this Tuesday at EFE Sergeant Erin Razo, Clermont Police.

According to a 2007 Florida Department of Law Enforcement alert, the “alleged” kidnapper is her father, who allegedly took her to Mexico.

Clermont police specified that In early September, the Mexican called them to tell them that a woman who claimed to be his daughter had contacted her via social media to which will be on the border with Mexico.

The woman told her she was in Mexico and asked her to meet her at a U.S. port of entry in Laredo, TX on September 10, detailed the Clermont police.

Federal, state and local authorities have coordinated a plan to “intercept” the alleged victim and determine his identity.

On the afternoon of September 10, the mother and daughter, now 19, were finally able to reunite after 14 years of kidnapping at his home.

Clermont police pointed out that, On the basis of documents provided by the various agencies, “they determined that the woman was indeed Jacqueline Hernández, who was taken from her mother in 2007”.

The Clermont authorities detailed that this reunification was possible thanks to the collaboration of the federal authorities and those of Florida and Texas, among which the Office of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, in English), the Police Department de Laredo and the Orange County Office. Sheriff (Florida).

“This is a great example of what can be accomplished when multiple law enforcement agencies and their respective communities work together cooperatively and maintain open lines of communication,” said Charles Broadway, Clermort Police Chief. .

Explained that Several agencies in different counties and states have successfully created a “force multiplier” to reunite the victim with her mother.

(With information from EFE)

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