A Texas Amber Alert has been issued for 13-year-old Betsabe Perez after she was allegedly abducted from Del Rio in Val Verde County.
DPS says the girl was last seen in the 200 block of West Drive in Val Verde Park at 12 p.m. on September 9.
Details about the circumstances of the abduction were not released and it was not immediately clear why it took nearly a month to issue an amber alert
The suspect has been identified as Erik Diaz-Tapia. He's described as a 19-year-old white male with black hair and brown eyes, standing 6 feet tall and weighing 190 pounds.
Diaz-Tapia is believed to have taken the child in a red vehicle with unknown Texas plates.
