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Missing Since:: Missing Since 11/09/2011
Missing From:: Missing From Casa Grande, Arizona
Classification:: Classification Migrant
Gender:: Female
Race:: Race Hispanic
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Age:: Age 38 years old
Height and Weight:: Height and Weight 4’11, 135 – 145 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description:: Clothing/Jewelry Description A brown Lee jacket, a purple shirt, size 30 black pants, size 34 shoes and silver rose-shaped earrings. Possibly carrying a crucifix.
Distinguishing Characteristics:: Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes. Guartazaca Tacuri has pierced ears and a mole on her left middle finger. She was born in Ecuador.
Details of Disappearance:: Guartazaca Tacuri disappeared on November 9, 2011, while trying to enter the U.S. from Mexico illegally. She was with a group of people, hoping to reunite with her husband who lived in the U.S. She was very hungry, having gone three days without food. When border agents arrived, everyone ran, and Guartazaca got separated from the group somewhere between Tucson and Casa Grande, Arizona. She was never seen again. Police think she died in the desert and wild animals destroyed her body. She left two children in Ecuador.
Agency:: Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner 520-724-8644
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