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Ground Search Paused for Missing Toddler After Parents Found Dead in Texas Floods

Search teams have paused ground operations due to renewed storms, awaiting safer conditions to continue looking for two-year-old Carlos Romero after recovering his parents’ bodies

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(250712) -- HOUSTON, 12 julio, 2025 (Xinhua) -- Imagen del 11 de julio de 2025 de rescatistas buscando víctimas, en Hunt, Texas, Estados Unidos. Las devastadoras inundaciones del 4 de julio en el centro de Texas han cobrado al menos 121 muertos y más de 150 desaparecidos. (Xinhua/Nick Wagner) (jg) (da)
La Secretaría de Derechos Humanos confirmó el hallazgo de los cuerpos de una pareja guanajuatense desaparecida por las inundaciones en Texas. Foto: Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle vía AP
Trump cambia de tono: busca “rehacer” FEMA tras mortales inundaciones en Texas. FOTO: Especial

Overview

  • Leonardo Romero and Natalia Venzor were confirmed found dead on July 12 after their vehicle was swept away by the Guadalupe River on Independence Day.
  • Their son, two-year-old Carlos Romero, remains missing and search efforts are led by local, military and Mexican human-rights liaison teams.
  • Heavy rains and flash-flood warnings have forced a temporary suspension of on-the-ground operations, with crews monitoring river levels for a safe restart.
  • Official tallies report at least 120 deaths and about 170 people still unaccounted for in the Kerr County floods.
  • The Guanajuato Secretariat of Human Rights has activated an emergency protocol and continues providing support to the Romero-Venzor family until rescue work concludes.