Police have formally arrested and charged 56-year-old Sandra Tzul, a Guatemalan woman from August Pine Ridge Village, for the abduction of 13-year-old Lissy Suntecun.
Lissy, who went missing after leaving school last week, was found safe in August Pine Ridge. Her father tracked a suspicious white pickup truck to the village and alerted police, who located Lissy at a relative’s home. The discovery brought relief to her family and community.
She vanished from her school compound in San Jose Succotz. Lissy, who lives in Melchor, Guatemala, with her mother, crosses the border daily with her younger siblings to attend school in her father’s village.