About 2:20 p.m. on Monday, June 28, the Mesilla Valley Regional Dispatch Authority, the 911 call center for Las Cruces and most of Dona Ana County, received a call from a man who requested a welfare check on a relative. The man told the call-taker that his relative had not slept in six to seven days and may have suicidal ideations.
The man told the call-taker that he owns several big dogs and that he would “corral” them. Near the end of the call with 911, the call-taker reiterated concern for the dogs and asked the man to put them away. The man said he would. Information about the dogs, and that their owner would confine them, was passed along to the two officers who responded to the welfare check.
Woman believed abducted from La Union by ‘hallucinating’ man with gun
LA UNION, New Mexico Dona Ana County authorities put out a public call for help Tuesday to locate a woman who is believed to have been kidnapped by an armed and hallucinating man last week from the La Union area.
Officials indicated Yunuen Huerta was abducted in a 1990’s Ford Aerostar faded green van that fled from sheriff s deputies who tried to pull it over last Thursday morning after the woman was spotted inside the vehicle asking passers-by for help. Based on all information gathered over the past few days, our agency believes Huerta to be in danger and we are requesting the public’s help in locating her, said Sheriff s Deputy Perri Marte.
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LA UNION – The Doña Ana County Sheriff s Office requested the public s help in finding Yunuen Huerta. Based on all information gathered over the past few days, our agency believes Huerta to be in danger a DASO news release stated.
Police said Huerta called 911 from La Union, in southern Doña Ana County, on Thursday, May 27, requesting help. Upon arriving at the address, sheriff s deputies and U.S. Border Patrol agents searched the location but did not locate Huerta, according to a news release.
Huerta called 911 again sometime later. Deputies discovered a woman in a green Ford Astro van with an unknown New Mexico or Texas license plate they later confirmed to be Huerta. Deputies said she was inside the van asking for help. They attempted a traffic stop on the van. However, The van fled in an unknown direction.