Mexican authorities find bullet-riddled car of missing Ohio man, bodies buried nearby: report
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Mexican authorities have reportedly recovered the car that an Ohio man who went missing in December while visiting his fiancée in Mexico was seen driving and located four bodies near the vehicle.
The vehicle that Jose Gutierrez, a 36-year-old architect from the Cincinnati area, was last seen riding in with three other people has been discovered in the Mexican state of Zacatecas with bullet holes and flat tires, WLWT-TV reported.
Additionally, the outlet reported that the attorney general for the state of Zacatecas said four bodies were discovered buried near the vehicle and testing is being done to determine the identities of the individuals.
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Gutierrez has been missing since Christmas Day along with his fiancée Viviana Pichardo, her sister and her cousin, all of whom went to dinner that night and haven’t been seen since.
Gutierrez was traveling to Mexico — a trip his family says he made often — to visit his fiancée for the holidays ahead of their 2023 wedding date.
When the group of four didn’t return from the bar they went to on Christmas Day, WCPO-TV reported that Pichardo’s family contacted them and received a text message with an address in response. When Pichardo’s mother went to that address, she was stopped by police, who said the area was too dangerous to visit, and the four were never heard from again.
The U.S. State Department currently has a "Do Not Travel" warning in place for the Zacatecas region "due to crime and kidnapping."
"Violent crime, extortion and gang activity are widespread in Zacatecas state," the Department of State's website state. "U.S. citizens and LPRs [lawful permanent residents] have been victims of kidnapping."
Fox News Digital reached out to the State Department and the FBI for comment but did not immediately receive a response.