Post by Scumhunter on Feb 20, 2016 8:55:06 GMT -5
(Above photo credit: FBI.Gov)
Missing Person Profile as of February 20th, 2016: (Based on FBI.Gov missing poster)
Date(s) of Birth Used: May 11, 1955
Place of Birth: Oriente, Cuba
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 190 pounds
Hair: Gray, Closely Trimmed
Eyes: Brown
Sex: Male
Race: White (Hispanic)
Nationality: Cuban
Scars and Marks: Batista has a bald spot on the back of his head.
Remarks: Batista is known to play guitar and sing. He was a former United States Army Major and worked for a security consulting group. Batista was also considered a specialist in anti-kidnapping issues and worked as a kidnapping negotiator.
TIPS: If you have any information concerning this person, please contact your local FBI office or the nearest American Embassy or Consulate.
From the FBI's website:
"Felix Batista was last seen on December 10, 2008, outside a local restaurant in Saltillo, Mexico. That morning, Batista learned that his friend and former chief of security for a local industrial firm had been kidnapped. Batista began working as a negotiator to secure the victim's release. While at the restaurant, Batista received a call from the victim who told Batista that he had been released and was sending a car for him. This was later determined to be a ruse. Batista left his cell phone, credit cards, laptop, and all his documents inside the restaurant and went outside to wait. Witnesses reported that Batista was met by four men in a vehicle and was forced to enter into a Jeep. He has not been seen or heard from since. There has not been any ransom demand or communication from the group that took him. The victim was released about an hour after Batista was taken."
Thoughts? For anyone wondering, Felix Batista was a Cuban-American citizen which is why the FBI is handling this case. According to 2010 Houston Chronicle article, a member of the Zetas (a drug cartel gang in Mexico) was arrested and charged with masterminding Batista's kidnapping. An Attorney General for Coahuila (the Mexican state Felix disappeared in), said that there was progress in the case, but he believed Felix was most likely dead. There doesn't seem to be many updates since then, however. I think what's most important for Felix's family is getting closure, no matter if it's good news or bad news, they just want their nightmare of not knowing to end. (I realize I'm speaking for people I don't know but based on past missing cases- that's usually what the family wants- closure- no matter what.)
www.fbi.gov/wanted/kidnap/felix-batista/view
www.chron.com/news/nation-world/article/Expert-in-Mexico-kidnappings-still-missing-1698254.php
www.facebook.com/BringFelixBatistaBackHome/
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