Search for Lupita Ontiveros: The Hispanic woman who disappeared during an accident in an all-terrain vehicle in a canal in Merced, California | Univision Fresno KFTV

MERCED, California.- More than a week after the disappearance of Lupita Ontiveros, 21, her family, friends and the community in general continue their search, and point out the lack of action by the authorities.

“I feel that the truth is, they say that the resources are limited, but I imagine that they must see more resources, but I think that there are people who can receive them and there are others who cannot receive them,” shared César Ontiveros, Lupita’s uncle, to N+ Univision 21.

On the night of January 28, the Hispanic woman, who is the mother of an 18-month-old baby, went out with three friends to have fun.

The California Highway Patrol (CHP) reported that Lupita and her friends They were traveling in an all-terrain vehicle when they fell into the Delta-Mendota Canal in Merced, California.

His friends came out of the water. However, She didn’t know how to swim and it was then that the current swept her away. Since then, she has been missing.

After the accident, the person driving the vehicle fled. Which, according to authorities, complicated the search.

The suspect was arrested and later released on bail. “When we discovered this, it’s difficult. It’s very difficult,” said his uncle.

“It touched my heart that something so close to my house was happening, that Lupita, like many young people, went out one day to have fun and never came back,” Alejandra Olivares, a volunteer in the search for the Hispanic woman, told N+ Univision 21.

Despite the response of the authorities with the search for Lupita Ontiveros, her family indicated that their reaction was not quick.

“I don’t think we are so far behind in technology that we can’t put something under the water, something to detect anything,” shared the young woman’s uncle.

However, the CHP reported that it was using all possible resources.

Meanwhile, the channel has been limited and the current has decreased, and although authorities say that the Hispanic woman could be very far from that point, her family does not lose hope of finding her.

“ My daughter is not going to give up, she is a human being who is waiting for her family, she is waiting for her daughter and she is waiting for us. Whatever it is, I’m going to receive it. God wanted it that way“Okay, I receive it with open arms,” ​​his mother, Ana Ontiveros, told N+ Univision21.