By Stacia Glenn
Posted: 05/18/2009 05:45:33 PM PDT
The FBI is offering two $10,000 rewards in exchange for information leading to the arrests of two men accused of kidnapping 3-year-old Briant Rodriguez.
Investigators today named Liberato Vega, 30, and Israel Ledesma Moreno, 28, as fugitives in the May 3 abduction of the San Bernardino boy.
The fugitives, who are possibly hiding in Mexico, are accused of tying up Briant's family and ransacking the home before threatening to take the boy to Mexico and kill him.
Briant was found alone Thursday, wandering the streets of border town Mexicali. He was reunited with his mother, Rosana Millan, Saturday afternoon. Investigators today said the boy remains hospitalized because he is fatigued and slightly malnourished. He does not appear to have suffered any physical injuries, though his captors lopped off his curly brown hair.
Vega and Moreno are originally from Mexico though they have claimed addresses in Ontario for years. Each suspect has misdemeanor charges in this area and has been deported at least once.
Anyone with information on the suspects' whereabouts is asked to call the FBI at (310) 477-6565.
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