Frightened California daughter receives chilling Facebook message saying 'I know where they have your family' after her parents and uncle go missing while on vacation in Mexico

  • California couple Delfina Florentino Hernández and Jorge Olaf Placencia have been missing since January 3 after traveling to Mexico for the holidays
  • Florentino Hernández was born in Mexico but is a United States citizen 
  • The couple and Florentino Hernandez's brother Pedro Florentino Hernández disappeared from their hometown of Nochistlán in the state of Zacatecas
  • Yesenia Trujillo said her parents had arranged a party to raffle off gifts in the community the day they were last seen
  • A missing persons report made with the municipality's police was not promptly filed and the home was trashed by cops, a house employee told Trujillo
  • She was also warned by the police not to come to the town because it was too dangerous for her

By Adry Torres For Dailymail.com

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A Los Angeles married couple and another family member have been missing in Mexico for two weeks.

Yesenia Trujillo, of West Covina, told KABC that she last spoke to her parents Delfina Florentino Hernández, 52, and Jorge Olaf Placencia, 58, on January 1 and they have been missing since January 3. 

Also missing is Trujillo's uncle Pedro, who is Florentino Hernández's 40-year-old brother.

The missing couple's concerned daughter says she received a Facebook message from a person identified as Lizycar indicating information related leading to her parent's location and demanded the equivalent of $500. She also said that the police warned her not to travel to her parents' hometown of Nochistlán in the state of Zacatecas.

The Spanish-written message read: 'I know where they have your family that your are searching for. Get me 10,000 pesos and I will give you the exact location. I do not have them.' 

Trujillo replied, 'please tell me where,' before the author behind the Facebook account wrote, 'lets make the agreement and I will confirm immediately and you act upon.' 

Delfina Florentino Hernández (left) and Jorge Olaf Placencia (right) were last seen in Nochistlán in the Mexican state of Zacatecas where they were spending the holidays

Delfina Florentino Hernández (left) and Jorge Olaf Placencia (right) were last seen in Nochistlán in the Mexican state of Zacatecas where they were spending the holidays

Florentino Hernandez's brother Pedro Florentino Hernández is also missing

Florentino Hernandez's brother Pedro Florentino Hernández is also missing

Yesenia Trujillo told KABC that she received a Facebook message from an unknown person who alleged to have known of her family's location. The person demanded $500 in exchange for the information

Yesenia Trujillo told KABC that she received a Facebook message from an unknown person who alleged to have known of her family's location. The person demanded $500 in exchange for the information

'They said to give them that amount of money and were telling me they were still alive. I called the FBI because they told me that when I received a threat or asked for money I had to call them,' Trujillo said.

'Many things go through my mind. It's been more than two weeks and we're worried about them.'

Trujillo is worried about her mother's well-being because she suffers from diabetes and high cholesterol.

The couple along with Pedro were last seen the afternoon of January 3 when they were getting ready to hold a community event in which they would raffle off several gifts, including home appliances.

Yesenia Trujillo received a Facebook message from a user identified as Lizycar in regards to her missing parents. The person behind the account wrote, 'I know where they have your family. Get me 10,000 pesos and I will give you the exact location. I do not have them'

Yesenia Trujillo received a Facebook message from a user identified as Lizycar in regards to her missing parents. The person behind the account wrote, 'I know where they have your family. Get me 10,000 pesos and I will give you the exact location. I do not have them' 

Delfina Florentino Hernández was born in Mexico and is a United States citizen. The FBI's office in Monterrey is expected to join the investigation

Delfina Florentino Hernández was born in Mexico and is a United States citizen. The FBI's office in Monterrey is expected to join the investigation

Trujillo said her parents were highly regarded in Nochistlán and traveled there every year for the holidays.  

'If she saw someone that didn't have shoes, my mother would go and give them some,' said Trujillo of her mother.

Trujillo said a report was filed with the Nochistlán municipal police a day later and that a house employee said the cops trashed the residence.

An employee at the home in Nochistlán that is owned by the missing California couple said cops trashed the residence following reports of their January 3 disappearance
Inside the home where the missing couple were staying

An employee at the home in Nochistlán that is owned by the missing California couple said cops trashed the residence following reports of their January 3 disappearance 

The couple have been missing since the afternoon of January 3

The couple have been missing since the afternoon of January 3

The police countered the employee's version of the events and warned Trujillo and her family not to travel down to Nochistlán because of security concerns. 

'He's telling me that my mom's missing and to not go there because something could happen to me, and that he knows already they broke into my mom's house, they took the cars, the safe and the cameras,' Trujillo said.

'Why when I ask is there something missing in my mom's house, - 'No, everything is fine. Everything is there,' so it's kind of suspicious now.'

Trujillo's parents also own a business in Nochistlán. 

Police said they went to Mexico to collect rent checks from their tenants
Guillen (pictured) and his wife traveled to Tijuana in a pickup truck

The bodies of Maria Lopez (left), 65, and Jesus Guillen (right), 70, of Garden Grove, California, were found at their properties in Tijuana, Mexico, on Friday, a week after their disappearance 

An official with the Zacatecas prosecutor's office told KABC that it was expecting the assistance of the FBI. The federal agency only gets involved if a ransom or threat is issued. 

The missing Los Angeles family is the second from California reported this month.

Maria López, 65, and her husband, Jesús Guillen, 70, traveled from their home in Garden Grove to Tijuana, Mexico, January 10 to collect rent for several apartments they owned in the city.

Their bodies, were discovered buried in one of the houses last Friday. Authorities have found three other bodies in the home and arrested their 36-year-old son-in-law Santiago Rizo Avelar.

 

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