Amber Alert: Five South Texas children abducted by their parents found, officials say
The Texas Department of Public Safety on Friday evening said that five South Texas children who were abducted earlier in the week by their parents as the state Child Protective Services office was to take custody of them had been found.
The agency had on Friday afternoon issued an Amber Alert for Jayden Lopez, 11 months; Jordan Lopez, 4; Ruben Lopez Jr., 7; Jolyne Lopez, 9; and Justine Lopez, 10.
Their parents, Ruben Lopez, 29, and Roxanne Fuentes, 31, went on Monday to a relative’s house in Crystal City and took the children, the Zavala County Sheriff’s Office said, according to KSAT-TV, a television station in San Antonio.
Authorities did not immediately say where the children were found.
The adults and children were believed to be driving to St. Paul, Minnesota, where a relative who also was involved in the abduction lives, the sheriff’s office said.
Texas CPS authorities intended to take custody of the children because of their parents’ involvement with drugs, KSAT-TV reported, citing a sheriff’s office account.
This story was originally published August 14, 2020 at 6:29 PM.
