A US citizen who has been working as a vehicle mechanic is missing and believed to have been kidnapped in Mexico.
The FBI's San Diego Field Office has launched a desperate search for Edgar Perez Chairez, 35, who is also known as "Polvos", "Polvo" or "Polvito" (Spanish for "dust").
Mr Perez Chairez was abducted on January 4 this year, at approximately 11.30am local time (7.30pm BST), near the corner of Avenida Tabasco and Calle Chilpancingo in Mexicali, Mexico, according to investigators.
The FBI is now offering a reward of up to $10,000 (£8,000) for information leading to the recovery of Mr Perez Chairez and the identification, arrest, and conviction of those responsible.
The 35-year-old has ties to Brawley and Calexico, California, as well as Mexicali, Mexico. He is a vehicle mechanic and is known to speak both English and Spanish.
The FBI has released a photograph of Mr Perez Chairez taken in November 2022, which shows him with brown hair and brown eyes, standing at 5ft 5ins and weighing 187lbs.
He has several tattoos throughout his arms and body, including the words "Scars" and "Marks" on his right wrist and the names "Angelina" and "Antonio" on his left and right wrists, respectively.
The FBI believes that Mr Perez Chairez was kidnapped by unknown suspects who were driving a newer white Ford F-150.
Anyone who may have seen or heard anything related to the abduction is urged to contact the FBI's toll-free tip line at 1-800-CALL-FBI (1-800-225-5324).
Anyone with information may also contact a local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate, or submit a tip online.
The FBI is hoping that someone with information will come forward to help bring Mr Perez Chairez home safely to his family.
It comes as multiple other cases of US citizens who went missing in Mexico have emerged lately.
These include the March 3 kidnapping of four Americans which received an avalanche of attention when their abduction was caught on video after a drug cartel shootout in Matamoros.
That case was resolved in a matter of days when the four were found in a wooden shack. Two were alive and two were dead.
The massive search for the four kidnapped Americans involved squads of Mexican soldiers and National Guard troops.
Meanwhile, however, thousands of Mexicans remain missing in a state long associated with cartel violence — some in cases dating back more than a decade.
The rescue of the Americans provoked fury in Tamaulipas, a border state long dominated by the warring Gulf and Northeast cartels, where the Network of Disappeared activist group estimates that 12,537 people remain missing.
Across the country, more than 112,000 Mexicans remain missing — in many cases years or decades after they disappeared.
