Overview
- Eric Fernando Gutiérrez Molina, 32, was last seen early Sunday in Medellín during an overnight crew stop and remains missing as of Thursday, according to local officials.
- Medellín’s security chief said investigators are examining whether he was drugged and are pulling phone location data and security video to retrace his movements.
- He arrived Saturday from Miami for one night, shared a location pinned to an Airbnb in El Poblado, and friends later reported his phone pinged in a residential area where they could not reach him.
- Accounts of his movements conflict, with reports he left a club with two people in El Poblado, was seen in La América, and was found disoriented and taken to a medical center, none of which authorities have confirmed.
- American Airlines, the flight attendants’ union, and the U.S. Embassy are supporting the search as relatives travel to Colombia, drawing fresh attention to a standing U.S. advisory that urges caution because violent crime is common in parts of the country.