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KRGV TV in Texas, which yesterday highlighted the plight of John Parks and his family, today raised the profile of the disappearance of Arturo Aviles. KRGV reporter …

More than 100 people (most of them new visitors and most from Texas) visited the Missing Americans Project community after KRGV TV in Texas ran this story about John Parks' disappearance in Matamoros, Mexico.

It's not the biggest one-day spike we've had (over 500 people from all over…

You can read the full article here. Hope and pray for the best.

From the day my brother, Joe Dunsavage, disappeared in Honduras until today, hardly a day passes that someone doesn't say, "Have you tried getting help from Oprah?"

We've tried loads of celebrities, and the problem is that they all are surrounded by layers of gatekeepers. The closest I managed to get to anyone was Jimmy Buffett's manager's assistant. I want to try a different tack now by tapping the social media…

The following is reprinted with permission from Costa Rica Krav Maga:

Several announcements have been made by the U.S. government in the past few months stating Mexican cartels are moving into Costa Rica. Why? Maybe as a result of stepped up policing in other countries. This includes crackdowns on known air trafficking routes and a much more aggressive Cost Guard. This has resulted in increased overland…

Barbara has been missing since December 5, 2010 from Playa Tamarindo, Costa Rica between the hours of 1 am and 7 am. She was last seen entering her house in Playa Langosta at 1 am on December 5, 2010, but has not been seen since. Her family has not heard from Barbara since December 4, 2010.

Barbara Struncova is from Czech Republic. She is 31 years of age, 5'5, with Grey…

my father left to matamoros november 11 and we havnt heard from him since.

ive contacted us consulate,fbi local police, ive gone to matamoros to do police report and nothing.

we are very desparate and need help on what else we can do.

he was traveling in a 2004 nissan armada with alabama plates.

his friends 4 other men  asked him to take them there because they were illegal and have no credit cards or ids and to take a foreign vehicle into mexico you have to have…

I'm not sure what all to repeat in this blog post.. my MissingInMexico group gives the whole story....

Deb and I spoke with Farrah Fazal of Channel 5 News (an ABC affiliate station) on Monday, 12/20/2010. The report ran Tuesday with a brief teaser at 6, and the full story at 10 p.m. The printed story appears in part at

this URL, the full broadcast version is on the video block to the right

of the story.…

From a Dec. 15, 2010, post on Lonely Planet: We were recently taken hostage at gunpoint, held captive for 5-6 hours and had all our possessions stolen on beautiful Roatan Island, Honduras. Read Full Post

A Canadian developer who made millions on porn has big plans for an impoverished, and angry, fishing village. Who's buying? Highlights:

• North American baby boomers have proven to have a boundless appetite for vacation or retirement homes in sunny, cheap places that aren't too wracked by crime or war. It's been a global windfall for many other countries, and now the people who run Honduras want a…

Julio Alberto Lozano, accused by Colombian authorities of being one of the hemisphere's most important drug traffickers, has surrendered himself to U.S. authorities, the Colombian police said. According to national police director General Oscar Naranjo, Lozano is part of the "executive board of directors" of an international drug trafficking and money laundering network that supersedes the Colombian drug trafficking organizations of "Cuchillo" and "El Loco Barrera," as well as the Mexican…