Colombia mayor says body found in search for US citizen and flight attendant
NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!
A mayor in Colombia announced that a body has been found and probably belongs to a missing American citizen.
According to reports, 32-year-old American Airlines flight attendant Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina from Texas went missing while in a foreign country.
“Since last Sunday, we have been searching for missing US citizen Eric Gutiérrez,” Medellín Mayor Federico Gutiérrez said in a statement on Friday. he said. to post On X, according to a translation from Spanish.
AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT ATTENDANT MISSED DURING THE TRAVEL IN COLOMBIA: ‘THE FAMILY IS DESPITE’
Medellin Mayor Federico Gutierrez speaks at a press conference on December 19, 2025. (JAIME SALDARRIAGA / AFP via Getty Images)
“Unfortunately, a lifeless body was found between the municipality of Jericó and the municipality of Puente Iglesias,” he said.
“There’s a very good chance it’s this person,” the mayor explained.
CHIEF OF ARMED FORCES SAYS AT LEAST 66 PEOPLE KILLED IN COLOMBIA MILITARY PLANE CRASH
Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina (CDColExt/X)
American Airlines did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment on Saturday.
‘AMERICA’S COUNTER-CARTEL COALITION’: STRATEGY TO FIGHT NARCO TERRORISM WITHIN THE USA, FIGHT CHINA AND OTHER ENEMIES
American Airlines Airbus A321 departs Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas, Nevada on March 11, 2026. (Kevin Carter/Getty Images)
CLICK TO DOWNLOAD FOX NEWS APPLICATION
However, the company previously told Fox News Digital that it was “actively engaging local law enforcement officials in their investigation and doing everything we could to support our team member’s family during this time.”
Fox News Digital’s Alexandra Koch contributed to this report
