Brian Fitzgibbons

It's also relevant to understand that this case, Mexico, we coordinate with Mexico, the US law enforcement and the FBI coordinates with Mexico on a regular basis at the border.

In fact, they have a team called the Border Liaison Team, that this is what they do as a part of their normal protocol when we have a crime of this nature that occurs so close to the border.

Now, while this is a kidnapping that occurred in the United States, in Mexico, they would have to investigate this simply as a missing person case.

So they would use resources, and they have ample experience and resources in working kidnapping cases.

I imagine that they've queried some of their cross-border cameras, some of their law enforcement.

They've done what we call a welfare and whereabouts check, where they would check hospitals and morgues and things of that nature to ensure that what they're providing is accurate to this case.

Well, first thing they would do is they would contact Mexican authorities to request their assistance.

What that would look like is they would contact their liaison officials across the border and ask them to do several checks, including border crossings, maybe some welfare whereabouts checks, which might include checking hospitals, checking the morgue, checking other resources that they have at their disposal.

possibly jails uh there's a normal protocol that they use which is usually involves jails hospitals and the morgue to check and see if there's any evidence at those locations that she would be what would be present in one of those locations

Secondly, they would also request that Mexican authorities participate in the investigation, and that is start to maintain some type of be on the lookout

protocols that may activate some of their resources like cameras or some of their source intelligence that could identify whether or not she crossed the border.

But they did confirm, Mexican authorities did confirm that she is not present in Mexico or there was no evidence that she crossed the border into Mexico.

Basically, yeah.

Human intelligence.

In other words, people that would be reporting having seen her.

Well, it would be one of the ports of entry.

What's the closest one in proximity?

I believe it's...

Nogales, Nogales, Mexico.

And the FBI actually has, we have presence in Mexico.