Parents of missing five-year-old girl slam Argentinian police

The parents of a five-year-old girl who disappeared from a home in central Argentina have slammed police for losing a security camera video that may have been crucial in finding out who kidnapped their child.

Guadalupe Lucero was last seen at a birthday party at her aunt’s home in the city of San Luis on June 14 around 8pm. She reportedly disappeared after stepping outside the home’s entrance to play hopscotch with a group of children. 

Authorities gained access to a video that appeared to show Lucero being led away by a woman, but inexplicably lost the footage. Investigators were unable to verify if the girl in the footage is indeed Guadalupe.

Guadalupe is 3’6′ and has a birthmark above the left side of her jaw near her ear. She also has a chipped front tooth. 

According to Argentine news channel Todo Noticias, Interpol was reviewing a text message that Yamila Cialone received last Tuesday at 2.14am from Puebla, Mexico.

The network was able to obtain a copy of the screen grab that showed the sender asking the distraught mother: ‘Do you want Guadalupe back alive?’

At 2.15am, the sender asked Cialone if she was the mother and then waited an additional minute to ask if she wanted her daughter back. 

Yamila Cialone (right) with her daughter, Guadalupe Lucero, who has been missing since June 14 in Argentina. The five-year-old girl was  last seen playing hopscotch with other children outside her home in the central city of San Luis. Argentine news channel Todo Noticias reported that on Tuesday at 2.14am, Cialone received a text message that originated from Puebla, Mexico. The sender asked her if she wanted her child back alive. Interpol is currently reviewing the messages

Five-year-old Guadalupe Lucero  is 3'6" and has a birthmark above the left side of her jaw

Five-year-old Guadalupe Lucero  is 3’6′ and has a birthmark above the left side of her jaw

Argentine news channel Todo Noticias obtained a screen grab that shows a text message exchange between an alleged sender from Puebla, Mexico, and Yamila Cialone, the mother of Guadalupe Lucero, a five-year-old girl who was reported missing in San Luis, Argentina, on June 14. The sender asked Cialone, 'Do you want Guadalupe back alive?' and later asked her, 'Are you her mother?' The person behind the messages then asked the mother, 'Are you alone?' before questioning her, 'Do you want her back?' Interpol is investigating the source of the messages

Argentine news channel Todo Noticias obtained a screen grab that shows a text message exchange between an alleged sender from Puebla, Mexico, and Yamila Cialone, the mother of Guadalupe Lucero, a five-year-old girl who was reported missing in San Luis, Argentina, on June 14. The sender asked Cialone, ‘Do you want Guadalupe back alive?’ and later asked her, ‘Are you her mother?’ The person behind the messages then asked the mother, ‘Are you alone?’ before questioning her, ‘Do you want her back?’ Interpol is investigating the source of the messages  

On Monday, Cialone and her husband, Eric Lucero, also received an anonymous phone call which falsely alerted them that Guadalupe Lucero was being held at a neighborhood home. A team of 30 police officers and a K-9 were dispatched to the residence.

‘Today we realized that (people) are playing with both of us, and it is a shame, they threw data at both of us and here we are struggling to find our daughter,’ Lucero said.

Over the weekend, the married couple also received misleading messages via WhatsApp which promised the family that they would be soon reunited with their child.

The family of Guadalupe Lucero planned a rally Tuesday in San Luis in hopes of receiving help from residents and authorities in neighboring provinces so that they can find the missing five-year-old girl who was last seen the evening of June 14

The family of Guadalupe Lucero planned a rally Tuesday in San Luis in hopes of receiving help from residents and authorities in neighboring provinces so that they can find the missing five-year-old girl who was last seen the evening of June 14

The San Luis Ministry of Security is offering a $21,000 reward for information what would help law enforcement locate Guadalupe Lucero

The San Luis Ministry of Security is offering a $21,000 reward for information what would help law enforcement locate Guadalupe Lucero

San Luis (Argentina) Police spokesman Lucas Chacón last Thursday linked Guadalupe Lucero's disappearance to a settling of scores between drug traffickers in the area without having any concrete evidence

San Luis (Argentina) Police spokesman Lucas Chacón last Thursday linked Guadalupe Lucero’s disappearance to a settling of scores between drug traffickers in the area without having any concrete evidence

The family was planning to march Tuesday in San Luis in hopes of receiving help from residents and authorities in neighboring provinces. 

The Argentine military has joined the fire departments of the cities of San Luis, San Juan, Córdoba, La Pampa and Mendoza in searching for Guadalupe Lucero.  

The San Luis Ministry of Security is offering a $21,000 reward for information what would help law enforcement locate Lucero.

San Luis Police spokesman Lucas Chacón last Thursday linked Lucero’s disappearance to a settling of scores between drug traffickers in the area without having any concrete evidence.

Investigators have also said she may have been targeted by human traffickers and would not rule out that she no longer in the province of San Luis.

Law enforcement believe that Lucero may have walked away by herself after stepping out to the front of her aunt’s home and got lost. But the judge who is assigned to the case discarded such notion and claimed that, ‘The girl is with somebody …’