Overview

• On the night of July 9, the Pelcastre Magallanes family escaped from captivity in Las Torres Parte Baja and sought refuge at the Misión de Dios church.
• The family told authorities they were bound with plastic zip ties, beaten and threatened with execution, suffering multiple injuries including fractured ribs and lacerations.
• They have not disclosed the precise location where they were held for five days, leaving investigators unclear about the site of their detention.
• Municipal police and Cruz Roja paramedics treated the survivors at the church before they gave testimony to the Fiscalía de Baja California.
• The Fiscalía de Baja California has reopened the case as a kidnapping investigation and is still searching for the captors.