CARLOS PACHECO and HAZEL BRACAMONTES - 1 and 3 yo (2005) - Watsonville CA

Watsonville CA ---- Five years
have passed since siblings Carlos Pacheco and Hazel Bracamontes were
abducted from their foster parents' Watsonville home on a Sunday
morning.
The boy was a year old. His sister was 3.


Police believe their father, Adrian Pacheco, now 32, drove his
children to Mexico, though a recent report indicated they might still be
in the United States.
With help from the National Center for Missing and Exploited
Children, Watsonville police Thursday released age-progression photos
showing what the children might look like now, in hopes they will be
found.


Authorities in Santa Cruz County have not seen the children or heard
about their well-being since the morning of May 5, 2005, when Pacheco
picked up the kids from their foster home on Hollowview Lane. He was
allowed unsupervised visits with the kids and normally brought them back
in the early evening.
That night, he didn't.
"The problem is they got taken from the parents for a reason,"
Watsonville Sgt, Saul Gonzalez said. "That reason, I don't know, but
they were placed in the foster system."
Both Pacheco and the children's mother lost custody of the kids and
the parents were split up when he disappeared with Carlos and Hazel.
"He just took advantage of it and left before the courts and (Child
Protective Services) deemed it was OK for him to do that," Gonzalez
said.
Pacheco has a history of drug abuse and has been arrested on
suspicion of impersonation

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