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Aug 13, 5:19 PM EDT

Kidnapping arrest warrant issued in alleged Avon abduction

AVON, Colo. (AP) -- Police have issued a kidnapping arrest warrant for a convicted sex offender accused of abducting two of his Honduran girlfriend's three children.

Police believe Pedro Mata Rodriguez is taking the children of Hilda Vargas, ages 15 and 11, to his native Mexico.

"He cannot take her kids, and there's enough probable cause to believe he's with them," said Avon Police Chief Brian Kozak. Vargas' youngest child, a 5-year-old boy whose name wasn't released, said his siblings had left with Rodriguez.

Kozak said Rodriguez may already be in Mexico.
The FBI and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children have been enlisted to help in the search for Jessica Marbella Garcia, 15, and Jose Luis Cerrato, 11. Their mother, declined to meet with the media.

Kozak said Rodriguez had been deported to Mexico after being convicted in 1995 of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child in Florida. He eventually returned to the U.S.