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American Airlines Flight Attendant Missing in Medellín

Published 27 March 2026

Eric Fernando Gutiérrez Molina, a 32-year-old American Airlines flight attendant based in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, has been missing since early Sunday morning after a night out during a layover in Medellín, Colombia.

Gutiérrez Molina arrived in Medellín on Saturday, March 21, aboard a flight from Miami, where he and his crew were scheduled for an overnight stop before returning to the United States the next day. According to local authorities, he was last seen in the early hours of Sunday in the El Poblado neighborhood, a popular nightlife district, after visiting a club with colleagues. Investigators believe he may have left the club with two individuals, a man and a woman, and continued to another location, possibly an Airbnb rental in the area. He sent a message sharing his location around that time, but all contact ceased shortly afterward.

Colombian officials, including Medellín's security secretary Manuel Villa Mejía, activated missing persons protocols immediately upon learning of the disappearance. A missing persons alert described Gutiérrez Molina as last seen in the nearby La América neighborhood, a residential area not typically frequented by tourists. Authorities...

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