News From the Border

Providing the news from a different front but from a war that we must win as well! I recognize the poverty and desperate conditions that many Latinos live in. We, as the USA, have a responsibility to do as much as we can to reach out to aid and assist spiritually with the Gospel and naturally with training, technology and resources. But poverty gives no one the right to break the laws of another sovereign nation.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

Man races into Mexico after allegedly abducting girlfriend

By Pauline Repard
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
12:38 a.m. May 11, 2006

CHULA VISTA – A young man suspected of kidnapping his 17-year-old girlfriend became the subject of an international manhunt last night when he drove her into Mexico, outracing police, authorities said.

The FBI is working with Mexican authorities and Chula Vista police to trace the pair, Chula Vista police Lt. Gary Ficacci said.

Investigators said they believe Jose Luis Harper, 18, of Chula Vista forced his girlfriend, whom police identified as Erica Zaragoza, into her new Nissan Sentra and led officers on a 100-mph pursuit south on Interstate 805. He made it to the border and eluded authorities on both sides.

Photograph at right depicts suspect Jose Luis Harper, 18 years and his alleged kidnap victim, Erica Zaragoza, 17 years. The photograph is three weeks old. Anyone with information on the whereabout should call the Chula Vista Police at at 619-691-5151.

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