{"id":224684,"date":"2026-03-28T15:48:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/224684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T15:48:19","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T15:48:19","slug":"american-airlines-flight-attendant-from-dallas-vanishes-on-layover-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/224684\/","title":{"rendered":"American Airlines flight attendant from Dallas vanishes on layover in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"

A flight attendant for American Airlines vanished<\/a> during an overnight layover in Colombia<\/a>, according to authorities.<\/p>\n

Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina, who was based in Dallas-Fort Worth, arrived in Medell\u00edn Saturday night on a flight from<\/a> Miami<\/a> and was supposed to return the following day, local media reported.<\/p>\n

The news was shared on X by Alejandro Murcia, a U.S.-based elected official who represents Colombians abroad<\/a>, who urged people to help find Molina. \u201cHis family is desperate,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old had decided to go out to bars in the area and had met two men at a club before deciding to \u201ctake the party to another place,\u201d according to Sharom Gil, a close friend of Molina\u2019s.<\/p>\n

Gil told Telemedell\u00edn<\/a> that Molina had not returned to his hotel and that his whereabouts remained unknown.<\/p>\n

The station later confirmed that suspects had been identified in the disappearance, citing law enforcement sources. The report also said that investigators believe Molina was drugged.<\/p>\n

\"Eric<\/p>\n

Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina\u2018s partner is pleading for information in the case, \u201cI want to believe he\u2019s alive,\u201d Ernesto Carranza said (Alejandro Murcia\/ X)<\/p>\n

He sent a message early Sunday morning with his location pinpointed at an Airbnb in El Poblado, Telemedell\u00edn reported. His friends then lost contact with him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have nothing more,\u201d Gil told the outlet. \u201cWe were able to locate the phone which is in a residential area there in Medell\u00edn, but we haven’t been able to talk to him, our messages no longer reach him.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an interview with CBS News,<\/a> Molina\u2019s partner, Ernesto Carranza, said the flight attendant was out in a bar with a colleague when he vanished. The El Poblado is known for its nightlife and is popular with tourists.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to believe that he’s alive, and I want to continue believing that he’s alive, but throughout each day you wake up not knowing anything, and it makes the days go by longer and slower,\u201d Carranza said.<\/p>\n

A missing persons report has been filed in both Dallas and Medell\u00edn and American Airlines<\/a> has reportedly notified the embassy in Colombia of the incident.<\/p>\n

“We are actively engaged with local law enforcement officials in their investigation and doing all we can to support our team member’s family during this time,” American Airlines said in a statement shared with The Independent.<\/p>\n

\"Molina,<\/p>\n

Molina, was based out of Dallas-Fort Worth, arrived in Medell\u00edn Saturday night on a flight to Miami and was supposed to return the following day (Getty\/iStock)<\/p>\n

The Independent has contacted the Dallas Police Department for comment on Molina\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n

A travel advisory<\/a> put out by the U.S. State Department in April 2025 warned Americans to \u201creconsider travel\u201d to Colombia.<\/p>\n

\u201cViolent crime is common in many areas in Colombia,\u201d the advisory reads. \u201cThis includes murder, assault, and robbery. In some places, organized crime is rampant. This includes extortion, robbery, and kidnapping.\u201d<\/p>\n

The advisory remains in effect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A flight attendant for American Airlines vanished during an overnight layover in Colombia, according to authorities. Eric Fernando…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224685,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[87237,737,85928,102,104,103,87236,87239,66230,87238],"class_list":["post-224684","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-alejandro-murcia","tag-american-airlines","tag-colombia","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news","tag-eric-fernando-gutierrez-molina","tag-ernesto-carranza","tag-flight-attendant","tag-medellin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224684\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224684"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}