{"id":396933,"date":"2026-08-04T01:08:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:08:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396933\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T01:08:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T01:08:10","slug":"2-charged-in-death-of-north-texas-american-airlines-flight-attendant-in-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/396933\/","title":{"rendered":"2 charged in death of North Texas American Airlines flight attendant in Colombia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two suspects have been charged in the death of American Airlines flight attendant Eric Fernando Gutierrez Molina<\/a> in Medell\u00edn, Colombia, officials announced.<\/p>\n

According to the U.S. Embassy in Colombia, the two suspects, accused of drugging and murdering Molina in Medell\u00edn in March, were captured in Peru. One of the suspects was transferred to Colombia; the other remains in custody in Peru.<\/p>\n

Molina, 32, a U.S. citizen and North Texas resident, went missing on March 21 after a night out with a fellow flight attendant<\/a> during a layover in Medellin, according to family and Colombian officials. The two flight attendants visited a bar in Medellin’s El Poblado neighborhood, popular with international tourists, family, friends and officials said. <\/p>\n

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Suspects in the murder of American Airlines flight attendant Eric Molina in Colombia.<\/p>\n

Colombian National Police<\/p>\n

American Airlines calls flight attendant’s death “heartbreaking”<\/p>\n

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\u00a0An undated photo of Eric Fernado Gutierrez Molina.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Ernesto Carranza<\/p>\n

Fico Gutierrez, the mayor of Medellin, said on March 27 that\u00a0a “lifeless body” was found<\/a>\u00a0between the municipalities of Jerico and Puente Iglesias during the search for Molina.<\/p>\n

“There is a very high probability that it is this person,” Medellin’s mayor\u00a0said in a social media post<\/a>, adding that the body is being taken to the coroner’s office in Medellin for identification. “We express our solidarity to his family and friends. I have just personally delivered the painful news to his father, who is in Medellin.”<\/p>\n

In a note sent to company employees, the Fort Worth-based airline called the death of Molina “heartbreaking.” \u00a0<\/p>\n

CBS News Texas has reached out to American Airlines for comment after the suspects’ arrests.<\/p>\n

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