Found Deceased Mexico - Harry Devert, 32, Michoacan, 25 Jan 2014

Harry Devert, 32, from Pelham, New York has been missing since Jan. 25. Harry had embarked on a multi-continent motorcycle journey starting from New York City across the US before going to Mexico. His last message was via his phone when he told his girlfriend, Sarah on Jan. 25 at 3:18 EST on WhatsApp, he had been sent out of an area.

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updated 8:01 PM EST 02.08.14
American adventurer missing in Mexico
By Ray Sanchez, CNN
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(CNN) - Harry Devert's motorcycle journey from the United States to Latin America is somewhat reminiscent of "The Motorcycle Diaries," which recount the South American travels of revolutionary Ernesto "Che" Guevara on an old motorbike in search of his insurgent spirit.


But Devert, 32, who left a job as a trader in finance to travel the world, has not been in touch with his mother or girlfriend in New York since January 25. That day he sent girlfriend Sarah Ashley Schiear an ominous text via the WhatsApp messenger app.

"Just got an hour and a half long escort out of some area it was too dangerous for me to be," the message said. "Stopping for lunch and ... voila Internet. ... Gonna get back on the road soon. Apparently there's another military escort waiting for me in some other town... I'm running way late because of the crazy military stuff...hopefully get a chance to talk to you tonight when I (hopefully) finally arrive."

He had checked out of a bed and breakfast in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacan and planned to travel to a beach in Zihuatanejo, on the Pacific coast, that was in the final scene of the film "The Shawshank Redemption," according to friends and family.

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gitana1 said:

He turned up at a hospital on Tuesday Feb. 4, about 10 days after Harry was last heard from. He was transported there by ambulance after having been found on the side of the street. They were trying to find out who he is. He is/was unconscious.
Light brown skin, (medium complexion), straight nose, thin build and two tattoos - one a virgin Mary type tattoo and the others, the letters "MA" in capital letters on his left hand.

I guess it is not him. It's not the same tattoos as Harry has. But I thought it was a great tip and I wondered why no one responded to it.

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According to family friend and spokeswoman Jackie Burrell, FBI officials were expected to call at 4 p.m. Tuesday with information after the federal agents were briefed in Washington, D.C.

http://cortlandt.dailyvoice.com/news/family-waits-word-missing-westchester-traveler

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In Mexico, Interior Ministry officials told CNN that they have not yet confirmed that Devert is missing.

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The desperate search continues for the Westchester man who has been missing in Mexico for more than three weeks. Family and friends of Harry Devert are now trying to get the attention of President Barack Obama with an online petition. The president is traveling to Mexico later this week and they're asking that for his help in the search for the Pelham man. It's been 23 days since anyone has heard from Harry Devert. The 32-year-old former online stock trader turned global explorer was headed to the World Cup in Brazil. His plan was to get there by taking a motorcycle trip through southern Mexico.

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He went missing in a region where fighting has broken out between a powerful drug cartel and local vigilantes, and his final text messages referenced the danger. His mother, who originally feared he had gotten into an accident, has had a change of heart.

"We now believe he has been taken by someone and is being held captive and is waiting for someone to find him," his mother Devert, 66, of Pelham, N.Y., tells PEOPLE.

Devert says she could not elaborate on how she got that information, but American officials are working with Mexican authorities to find her son. "The U.S. Embassy is aware of reports that Mr. Devert has disappeared and is concerned for his safety," spokesman Noel Clay tells PEOPLE.

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PELHAM - The mother of a Pelham man missing in Mexico for nearly four months has just returned home from a trip to that country, and says she still has hope her son is still alive.

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Harry Devert left his job as a financial trader in New York for adventure on the road. He planned to ride his motorcycle to the World Cup in Brazil — only to vanish six months ago while heading through a dangerous part of Mexico on his way to the Pacific Coast.

Now, Mexican authorities believe they have located his remains, in two plastic bags discovered Thursday night in La Unión, in the state of Guerrero, about 275 miles southwest of where he was last heard from in January. The police say they received a tip that led them to the discovery, but little else is known.

The identity of the body has not been confirmed; the police said they are conducting DNA tests. No other evidence, and nothing suggesting a cause of death, has been released, but the muddy motorcycle found near the bags matches the model driven by Mr. Devert, the police said. And it had what his family has identified as a personal detail: a globe-trotter sticker on the gas tank.

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