In the border town of Nogales, Arizona, a young man named Carlos Castellano Aguilera vanished on November 8, 2009. At the time of his disappearance, Carlos was a 20-year-old Hispanic male, standing between 5'6' and 5'8' tall and weighing between 160 and 180 pounds. He had brown hair and brown eyes. Distinctive marks included a scar on his left eyebrow and another above his lip.
The last time he was seen, he was wearing a plaid shirt that was either red or white, light blue Levi 501 pants, and tan leather shoes. He was also wearing a military-style hat. The circumstances surrounding his disappearance are sparse, with reports simply stating he was last seen crossing the border near Nogales.
The case of Carlos Castellano Aguilera is being handled by the Pima County Office of the Medical Examiner, with a secondary agency involved being the Mexican Consulate. The case was created in the NamUs database on July 30, 2012, nearly three years after he was last seen, under case number MP16311. The agency case number assigned to his file is FSC MPR 1536. Despite the passage of time, his case remains open, a quiet but persistent question mark in the files of missing persons.
The narrative of Carlos's disappearance is one of many that echo along the border, a story of a journey with an unknown destination and an uncertain end. With limited information available to the public, the exact details of what happened to him after he was last seen remain a mystery. His family and the investigators are left with a collection of descriptive facts: his physical appearance, the clothes on his back, and the last known place he stood. The investigation into what happened to Carlos Castellano Aguilera continues, a search for answers in the vast and often unforgiving landscape of the borderlands.Last Seen: Nov 8, 2009
