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FOREIGN and Caricom Affairs Minister Sean Sobers has “immediately instructed staff” to reach out to officials in Antigua and Barbuda for a status update on the investigation into the disappearance of 21-year-old Thomas Vasquez.

As of May 5, Vasquez had been missing for 21 days on the island. In a phone interview with Newsday on May 5, Sobers his first day in office, said the matter was a high priority for him.

“I made an enquiry. Prior to today, no attempt was made by the ministry to reach out to the Antiguan government.”