The family of a suburban man who has gone missing in Mexico has issued a desperate plea for help.
Hugo Ruiz, of Northlake, was there working on construction projects when he vanished last week.
Ruiz should be back in the Chicago area and his children were ready to go with him to the Wisconsin Dells Monday.
No one has spoken to him since Thursday night and he missed his flight from Mexico City back to Chicago on Friday.
In surveillance video from Thursday night, Ruiz is seen talking on his cell phone and walking off camera. Roughly five hours later his family says someone removed all his belongings from his hotel room.
They believe his credit cards were stolen and fear Ruiz could be in harm's way.
"It was his last day in Mexico on the job," said friend Sarah Decorah. "He knew he was coming home, he was excited to come, there's no reason that he would not come home."
