QUINTANA ROO, Mexico, Fri. May 27, 2022

The Office of the Attorney General for Quintana Roo has issued an official missing persons notice for 51-year-old Belizean Johan Elias Friesen. Friesen, a Mennonite resident of Guinea Grass Village, Orange Walk, was first reported missing on Sunday, May 22, according to the Fiscalia General Del Estados Quintana Roo (FGE). Some news outlets have reported that he may have been gunned down in Chetumal, where he was reportedly last seen.

Officials from Quintana Roo are seeking the public’s assistance to locate Elias, who is reported to have a tattoo of a naked woman and a scar on his right hand. He has been missing for over one week now. No description has so far been provided of the clothes he was last seen wearing. An investigation continues.