US Consulate Official says More American's Reported Missing in Mexico

4/16/2011
10:12 am

MATAMOROS - Two more American's may be among those killed across the border in San fernando.

The Consulate General Michael Barkin tells CHANNEL 5 NEWS right now they don't know where three missing Americans could be. He says they disappeared between March and April.

The number of bodies found in the mass graves in San Fernando rose to 145 on Friday.

Barkin tells us the way those American's went missing makes them think it's possible they could be among the dead. Last week in a release the consulate's office reported one American may be one of the victims found in mass graves.

For privacy reason they won't release other details. Barkin says they're in contact with the families of those missing Americans.

Relatives with loved ones missing in Mexico have flocked to Matamoros where the bodies of some of the dead were being kept while investigators tried to identify them.

CHANNEL 5 NEWS was at the Brownsville bridge Saturday morning. Our photojournalist saw more cars crossing into the US than into Mexico. Many of the people on the street said they were coming to the Valley for vacation. They say the highways in Mexico are not safe at this time.

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