A Redding man reportedly fled to Mexico with his two children after losing legal custody of them. The abduction was reported on December 27th after 38-year-old Esteban Palavicini of Riverland Drive was ordered by the courts to turn the children over to their mother. Instead, he apparently took them over the border into Mexico. On Thursday, Mexican law enforcement recovered the children and found them to be in good health. They’re being reunited with their mother. Palavicini was arrested at a border crossing in Arizona. He’ll be extradited back to Shasta County.
-Steve Gibson