Two young children who were taken at gunpoint along with their mother from Palm Beach County Monday have been found safe after a Florida Amber Alert was issued for them, authorities said.
Ariana Jasmine Maradiaga, 1, and 2-month-old Cristhian Ariel Ruiz Maradiaga were were taken with 19-year-old Marjorie Maradiaga in Lake Worth, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said.
They were believed to have been taken by 21-year-old Santos Isaac Diaz Escobar, officials said.
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Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office officials said Escobar had been involved in a physical altercation earlier Monday with a homeowner on W. San Salvador Street before he forced Maradiaga and the two children into a car at gunpoint.
Officials said later that the children were found safe. No other details were released.
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