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Family calls on US, Mexican governments to help bring back kidnapped mother

Jose Antonio Lopez, son of kidnapped victim Maria Del Carmen Lopez, wears a t-shirt calling attention to his mother's plight, following a news conference on May 24, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — Nearly four months since American citizen Maria Del Carmen Lopez was kidnapped from her home in Colima, Mexico, her family pleaded for help from U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador to help return the great-grandmother home safely.

Lopez, 63, was kidnapped from her home on Feb. 9, and her family said they have not received

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