The San Diego County Sheriff's Department confirmed the missing American siblings who disappeared in Tijuana after their mother was killed have been found safe Wednesday.
The children, ages 2 and 6, were last seen on Sept. 2 in Tijuana with their mother, Precius Alessandra Kari Garibay, who was killed after being shot several times in Playas de Tijuana.
The children were reunited with their family.
On Tuesday the medical examiner confirmed to Telemundo 20 that the young mother died from gunshot wounds to the skull, chest and abdomen.
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The family told Telemundo that they believe that the children were taken by their father, though that suspicion has not been confirmed by investigators.
The case is reminiscent of Racquel Sabean, who crossed the border into Mexico on April 17 with her boyfriend Tyler Adams and their 7-month-old daughter, Valentina. Sabean’s badly decomposed body was found in the back of her mother’s car in Tijuana on May 31. Adams, a fugitive wanted by authorities in Mexico and the U.S., was last seen crossing the border into the U.S. on June 16 when his handover to U.S. Customs and Border Protection somehow went awry.
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On June 8, Mexican authorities issued an Amber Alert to find Valentina. The baby was later found safe in Rosarito, according to the FBI.
