Hi everyone,
We haven't been able to get in touch with our friend for 3 months + and either has his family. His phone has disconnected and we are not close to Playa Del Carmen so we can't go ourselves to find him and it costs $800 for an investigator. He was working in the main tourist area selling tequila and we think he would be we known to see by locals there. Can anyone please help or give advice on how we could try to locate him?
Thanks!
Fitzy
HELP needed! Friend and brother missing in Playa Del Carmen
Starfitzy
28 January 2019 16:47:11
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travellight
28 January 2019 17:30:50
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Starfitzy wrote:Hi everyone,
We haven't been able to get in touch with our friend for 3 months + and either has his family. His phone has disconnected and we are not close to Playa Del Carmen so we can't go ourselves to find him and it costs $800 for an investigator. He was working in the main tourist area selling tequila and we think he would be we known to see by locals there. Can anyone please help or give advice on how we could try to locate him?
Thanks!
Fitzy
The best advice I can give is, talk to the embassy for your country. Three months is a very long time to be out of touch in Mexico. They can perhaps help with communication with the Mexican police. The police are what you need, not expats playing investigator and putting themselves at risk.
Chilangolite
03 February 2019 00:44:04
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When one travels we take the risk that comes with it. If you have not heard from him and cannot hire a private investigator then contact the American Consulate and report it there. After that it is out of your hands.
Good Luck
travellight
03 February 2019 01:22:34
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Chilangolite wrote:When one travels we take the risk that comes with it. If you have not heard from him and cannot hire a private investigator then contact the American Consulate and report it there. After that it is out of your hands.
Good Luck
Good response, but I said 'embassy for your country' because she is not American. You are absolutely right that is the only way to go because someone has to talk with the police and a private detective or just a traveler are not going to get far with that. You need an official to an official conversation.
It's essential that people not hang out late at night. The risk is too high. It's a foreign country, not Disneyland.
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