An 11-year-old East Texas girl believed to have run away with a 23-year-old convicted felon was in the care of a relative in Mexico on Saturday, police said.
Tyler police said a family member in Monterrey, Mexico was now caring for the girl.
Meanwhile, investigators are working with U.S. and Mexican authorities to apprehend Enrique Vasquez. Vasquez was last seen in Monterrey, Mexico, said Officer Don Martin, a Tyler spokesman.
The girl's friends have described Vasquez as her boyfriend.
Her parents say Vasquez played soccer with the father, but they were unaware of any relationship between the two. They say Vasquez did not have permission to take their child.
Vasquez was convicted of burglary in 2006. Police issued an arrest warrant for him on charges of kidnapping and violating probation after the girl went missing early Sunday. He could face additional charges, Martin said.
Police in Tyler, about 100 miles east of Dallas, issued an Amber Alert for the area after the girl's mother reported her missing. The Texas Department of Public Safety did not issue a statewide alert because its policy is to call Amber Alerts only when children are abducted by strangers or taken unwillingly.
Police said the girl's family was at police headquarters when the mother, Maira Macias, received a call from her daughter around 7:30 p.m. Friday. The girl told her she was in Mexico.
The girl and her parents are from Mexico. Macias told The Associated Press they had known Vasquez for less than a year and believe he is from the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi.
The car officials believe Vasquez was initially driving was involved in a hit-and-run accident in Irving on Tuesday afternoon.
