Family ties span time, borders

This woman, born in California, has a sad story about her youngest child, but it has turned out surprising and happy. They have been reunited after 16 years. DP

A teenage boy makes an international journey to meet his mother.
By AMY TAXIN, THE ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER

ocregister.com: ANAHEIM - Desireé Thomas was surprised to get a call in December from her ex-husband, who had phoned only a handful of times since the couple split up 16 years ago.

He asked her if she had seen their son.

Desireé, 43, was puzzled. She hadn't seen Andrew since he was a baby. He had been growing up in Mexico with his father and grandparents, at least as far as she knew.
He's gone. He told his grandmother he went to get some donuts, and he never came back home, she said her ex-husband told her over the line.

Putting old wounds aside, the former couple devised a plan to alert authorities on both sides of the border that Andrew was missing. He was only 16. Her ex-husband called the police in Mexico. Desireé called the Anaheim police department and told her story.
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