A South Bay family is mourning the death of a loved one who they believe was murdered during a trip to Mexico.
The family of 41-year-old Erica Gamino, a divorced mother of five who grew up in San Jose, said she went for Tijuana with her lover in early August, and that would be the last time they saw her.
Gamino’s ex-husband called her family to say he had identified her badly decomposed body, which was discovered along a road, and that police had told him she had an apparent gunshot wound.
Tijuana police stated the partner could potentially be a victim.
Erica’s brother, Albert Gamino, said his family has spent the majority of the last month trying to find out more.
“The police haven’t even talked to us really,” according to him. “They gave us an initial police report that came out, but that was, again, not clear on any aspect of what’s going on.”
Erica’s cousin, Daniel Hoang, stated that family members have returned to Mexico and cannot do much more.
“Based on the embassy told us to do this, do this, do this, and we never have any answers, any clue,” he told me. “It’s just, at this point, just bring her back home for her kids and for us.”
Albert agreed.
“I don’t think anything in Tijuana is going to be solved. “I don’t,” he replied. “Me and her kids have realized that we don’t expect anything to come from Tijuana but her to be brought home.”
Erica’s children are being cared for by a family member in the Bay Area, as the entire family remains in limbo.
“We don’t want to continue to live life like this, like keep trying to reach out to Mexico and try to find out all the information,” Hoang said to me. “We have no answers.”
The family has contacted the office of South Bay Congressman Ro Khanna, who is investigating the situation.
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