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UPDATE: Authorities have canceled the AMBER ALERT for a missing 1-year-old boy.
Officials say Leonnel Barajas and both suspects have been located in Yakima and WSP says the boy is safe.
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Police have confirmed that 23-year-old Manuel Carrasco Mendoza, the suspect who they say broke into a Yakima apartment, pointed a gun and abducted his nephew Monday night, has been taken into custody. He was arrested Tuesday morning around 5:45. Police are still searching for the 1-year-old boy, 24-year-old Jessica Mendoza and the silver Impala.
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Police in Yakima say a child has been abducted and could be in danger. Authorities say one-year-old, Leonnel Barajas was forcibly abducted by an armed assailant from an apartment at 801 Central Avenue in Yakima, WA. The abduction happened Monday night around 11:30pm. The child is described as a white male, about 2-feet tall and weighing 45-pounds. He has blonde hair and green/blue eyes. He was last seen wearing a maroon shirt with gray sleeves and red/blue checkered pants.
A suspect has been identified as the 23-year-old uncle of the victim, Manuel Carrasco Mendoza. He is a Hispanic male with black hair and brown eyes, about 5-feet 10-inches tall and weighing 155 pounds. He has a tattoo on his right forearm that says "waste" and a tattoo on his left forearm that says "land." He is believed to be armed and possibly dangerous.According to police, Mendoza broke down the back door, pointed a gun and took the child.
Mendoza may also be with Jessica Mendoza, a 24-year-old Hispanic female with blonde hair and green eyes, about 5-feet 4-inches and 130 pounds.The child may be in a vehicle, a silver, 2000's model, 4-door, Chevrolet Impala with black wheels. The license plates are unknown at this time.
Please call 911 immediately if you have any information about the child's whereabouts.