UPDATE: The Archuleta County teenager at the center of a Missing Indigenous Person Alert was found safe, CBI announced Wednesday.
DENVER — The Colorado Bureau of Investigation issued a Missing Indigenous Person Alert Saturday for a 14-year-old boy in Archuleta County.
Sequoya Tsosie was last seen in the area of 5th and 6th streets in Pagosa Springs on Friday at approximately 9:00 p.m. by law enforcement.
Tsosie has been seen twice by law enforcement in the last 24 hours and is actively evading them, according to the CBI alert.
Tsosie is a 5’9” tall, 125-pound Indigenous male. He may be wearing a black hoodie.
If seen, call 911 or the Archuleta County Sheriff’s Office.
The Missing Indigenous Person Alert (MIPA) is part of Senate Bill 22-150, which was signed into law on July 1 last year.
The law requires the Colorado Department of Public Safety to create the Office of Liaison for Missing or Murdered Indigenous Relatives.