Jeff Dunsavage's Blog – February 2015 Archive (4)

The Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) has launched a search and rescue mission for an American and 5 other people who have been missing since Saturday in waters near Barangay Maloh in Siaton, Negros Oriental.

PCG spokesperson Commander Arman Balilo identified the six missing persons as Elmer Sabroso, Roseldo Andid, Rey Benetes, Jovie Fundador, Cristina Andid, and Bradley Fugate, an American. They were on board a 28-foot pumpboat that sailed on Friday.…

Read full article

U.S. Rep. Filemon Vela on Friday released a statement asking U.S. and Mexican authorities to bring an end to the violence in Tamaulipas.

“I don’t understand what it is going to take for the administrations in Mexico City and Washington, D.C., to take action to address the violence in Tamaulipas. More killings? More kidnappings? More missing Americans?” the congressman wrote. “I ask both administrations to move swiftly to create the same special secure economic zones on the…

Ernesto and Jesus Garcia were reported missing in Mexico after they did not return home on Monday. The brothers from Brownsville were visiting their grandmother.

Family said they were staying in the south-west side of the city, about 20 minutes south of Brownsville Texas. The family said this was a trip the brothers made often. Every few months, they would visit their family in Matamoros and check-in on their grandmother. This trip was different because the two decided to drive home…