• When a solo traveler went missing in Peru, it changed her family's lives completely

    By Nicole Chavez, CNN Edited by Braden Goyette, CNN Photographs by Desiree Rios for CNN
    Shortly after his daughter Carla went missing in Peru, Carlos Valpeoz left behind his old life as a contractor in the Texas Hill Country and boarded a plane to find her. He brought only a backpack with him, unsure how long he'd be away from home.
  • Deisi Arreces-Huitz aboard a Greyhound bus from Harlingen to McAllen, Texas on August 21, 2019

    Alone, scared and in a strange country

    By Nicole Chavez, CNN
    Deisi Arreces-Huitz sat quietly in a tiny bus station in South Texas, holding a stack of tickets. Her bus wouldn't come for hours, and she was alone and frightened.