Authorities say a 3-year-old boy abducted from his family home in San Bernardino nearly two weeks ago by two armed men has been reunited with his mother.
“A 3-year-old boy found today in Mexicali, Mexico, has been confirmed to be Briant Rodriguez, who was kidnapped from his San Bernardino home May 3, and the child has been reunited with his mother,” FBI spokesperson Laura Eimiller said.
The San Bernardino County sheriff's department says the reunion took place Saturday afternoon, a day after detectives and FBI agents received a call from Mexican officials in the border town of Mexicali saying they found a boy that could be Briant Rodriguez.
Officials say the boy's mother, Maria Rosalina Millan, flew to the neighboring U.S. city of Calexico on Friday night to see the child, but that she was forced to wait as Mexican officials confirmed his identity and examined him.
The Baja California state prosecutor's office says police found the boy wandering alone Friday and turned him over to child protective custody.
The boy was abducted from his home by two men who had tied up his family and robbed the home. The gunmen ransacked the home, took cash and property, then left with the boy and warned the family not to call the police, San Bernardino County Sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers said.
Investigators have not established a motive.
