Maria del Carmen Lopez, 63, a dual U.S.-Mexico citizen, was kidnapped in Pueblo Nuevo in the state of Colima on Feb. 9, according to the FBI.
In this image released by the FBI, Maria Del Carmen Lopez is shown.A California family is desperate for news after their mother was kidnapped outside her home in Mexico more than five weeks ago and has not been seen or heard from since.
"There was an exchange of words," her daughter, Zonia Lopez, told KABC in an emotional interview this week. "She was refusing to get into the van." "We all started calling her, to see if she would pick up her phone or answer a message, and we have not heard from her," Zonia Lopez told KABC.The FBI's Los Angeles Field Office announced this week it isU.S. citizens not to travel to the state of Colima due to "widespread" violent crime and kidnapping.
"Us knowing how strong she is, and that she's fully thinking of us seven, and if we're bringing out that energy to her and we maintain those thoughts, we know we're going to have our mom," Zonia Lopez told KABC.
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