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UDPATE: CANCEL Silver Alert for Sunland Park Police Department–Margarita Paz has been located and is safe. For details please contact Sunland Park Police Department.

Written by Officer Dusty Francisco 1/7/2020

Sunland Park, NM - The following is information for the distribution of a Silver Alert from the Sunland Park Police Department (SPPD). Please refer all media inquiries and questions to SPPD at (575) 589-6600.

SPPD is asking for the public's assistance in locating Margarita Paz. Paz is a fifty-one-year-old Hispanic female, four-feet-five-inches tall, weighing 142 pounds, with brown hair that is dyed blonde, and brown eyes. Paz was last seen around 5:00 p.m. on December 31, 2019 walking on McNutt Road in Sunland Park. She was last seen wearing black pants, a purple-colored shirt and a purple jacket. Margarita Paz is missing and believed to be in danger if not located.

Anyone with any information regarding this Silver Alert is asked to call SPPD at (575) 589-6600.

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