U.S. authorities say three women haven’t been heard from since they traveled from Texas into Mexico two weeks ago. Peñitas Police Chief Roel Bermea said Friday the women crossed the border to sell clothes at a Mexican flea market on Feb. 24. Two of the women are sisters: 47-year-old Maritza Trinidad Perez Rios and 48-year-old Marina Perez Rios. They were accompanied by their friend, 53-year-old Dora Alicia Cervantes Saenz. Bermea said the sisters lived in Peñitas, a small border city. He did not know where the other woman lived. The episode stands in stark contrast to the government and media frenzy over the abduction of four Americans in Mexico last week.
