A dedicated father tried everything to search for his children privately. Finally, on Matteo James' 12th birthday, a father went to social media to spread the word of his plight. Stephen James posted the following:

I want to say Happy Birthday to my son Matteo. He turns 12 today. I havent seen him and his little brother Zane in 80 days since they were kidnapped to Mexico by their biological mother and maternal grandmother. I miss them tremendously and
I know my sons miss me as well as being scared and confused. Please share this with as many people as possible in the hope that eventually Matteo or someone close to him will see this. Thank you.

The mother of the children was on a supervised visit when she took the children. It is alleged they ran to Mexico with the children. This case, however, takes legal twists and turns from there. The court granting sole custody to the father, Stephen James, is Bell County. CPS and law enforcement involvement from before the children became missing involves Williamson, Tarrant, and Bell Counties. The father lives in Williamson County, the mother lived in Tarrant County. All these municipalities, including the cities within have a hand in. Then, there are the higher ups, due to the nature of Mexico involvement. The issue within all of these municipalities is no one wants to issue the warrant. Every side is waiting for the side to do so. So, as Stephen waits, his children could be anywhere.
The pictures above are the last ones taken by their dad. The children have been missing for almost three months. Imagine if this were your child. Would you want people to scream it from the rooftops for you? If so, help Stephen by doing it for him! Help bring his boys back home. Zane will be celebrating a birthday in November. He needs to be celebrating it with his legal guardian, his Dad!

The only picture found of the mother, Alma Alicia Gomez James (aliases include Alicia Gomez, Alicia James), is not as recent. She's dropped weight, but facial recognition shouldn't be that difficult.
Un padre dedicado intentado todo para buscar a sus hijos en privado. Por último, en el cumpleaños 12 de Matteo James, un padre se fue a los medios de comunicación social para difundir la palabra de su difícil situación. Stephen James publicó lo siguiente:

Quiero decir feliz cumpleaños a mi hijo Matteo. Él cumple 12 años hoy. No he visto a él ya su hermano menor de Zane en 80 días desde que fueron secuestrados en México por su madre biológica y su abuela materna. Los extraño muchísimo y
Sé que mis hijos me echas de menos, además de ser asustado y confundido. Por favor, comparta esto con personas como posibles en la esperanza de que con el tiempo Matteo o alguien cercano a él, verán esto. Gracias.

La madre de los niños estaba en una visita supervisada cuando se llevó a los niños. Se alega que corrió a México con los niños. Este caso, sin embargo, toma giros legales y pasa de ahí. El tribunal otorga la custodia exclusiva al padre, Stephen James, es Bell County. CPS y la participación policial delante de los hijos se convirtió en falta implica Williamson, Tarrant, y los condados de Bell. El padre vive en el Condado de Travis, la madre vive en el Condado de Tarrant. Todos estos municipios, incluyendo las ciudades de tener una mano pulg Luego, están los altos mandos, debido a la naturaleza de la participación de México. La cuestión en todos estos municipios hay nadie quiere emitir la orden. Cada lado está esperando a que el lado para hacerlo. Así que, como Stephen espera, sus hijos podrían estar en cualquier parte.

Las fotos de arriba son las últimas tomadas por su padre. Los niños han desaparecido desde hace casi tres meses. Imagínese si se tratara de su hijo. ¿Te gustaría que la gente lo grita a los cuatro vientos para usted? Si es así, ayudar a Stephen al hacerlo por él! Ayude a llevar a sus hijos de vuelta a casa. Zane estará celebrando su cumpleaños en noviembre. Tiene que ser lo celebra con su tutor legal, su papá!

La imagen sólo se encuentran de la madre, Alma Alicia Gomez James (alias incluyen Alicia Gómez, Alicia James), no es tan reciente. Ella bajó de peso, pero el reconocimiento facial no debe ser tan difícil.
 
 
Mr. LaHood,
It is time for you to wake up, smell the roses, and see the light. See, the darkness of blinding yourself with non-issues and coming up with more regulations so you can pass your rail initiative (I still pay attention) needs to come to a very abrupt halt!

The single most dire safety issue facing the trucking industry lies in improper schooling and training by companies. CRST turned a fan of trucking that follows me into a trucker. The method is as follows for him:

1. Ignore that he's on medications for his heart problems that cause drowsiness and are illegal for CDL holders to take by DOT standards.

2. Having him complete two weeks of truck driving school at Kirkwood Community College. Kirkwood failed him at his first driving test because he stalled out at a 4-way stop sign with traffic behind him, so he was impeding traffic. The very next day, same stall at same stop sign, but since there was no one behind him he passed.

3. Next up was 28 days of training, most of which were spent running as a team operation.

No one can be properly trained while their trainer is sleeping in the bunk. But, it happens all the time. More incidents:

1. In Omaha, NE, Lou had to lay on the horn while a trainee for C.R. England came all the way over, while we were right next to him. He corrected while no more than 2 inches off our mirror, than almost took off our hood while changing lanes with no turn signal. The instructor abruptly woke up and jumped in the passenger's seat, while I was on the phone with State Patrol and C. R. England. The trainee moved to another truck, and the trainer was no longer training others.

2. While reading my Facebook time line, I see a Werner trainer constantly belittling the little mistakes his trainee is making. Find out that he, as the trainer, is sleeping in the bunk while the trainee is driving. They are running like a team operation, like what he was told to do. I told him if that's what he believes training is, to respectably quit training!

3. Look on YouTube for Donner fatality. A fatality on Donner pass by a trainee. Where was the trainer? You guessed it! Sleeping!!!

I read a lot of trainers' post and constantly shake my head. Training is a hard thing to do, especially when the trainers were just trainees and have no real time experience. The first thing to do to your trainee is not take him on the hardest passes to drive, and have them driving immediately. You should be driving, letting him see you, and explaining things, while he/she asks questions and gets educated on what the job is about. They learn nothing if they don't have a qualified trainer.

Big companies shoving people who can't pass a driver's test, who need more schooling, or should not be behind the wheel for any other reasons deemable by DOT standards, shouldn't be lured by these companies into a job just to get another lease truck out. They should ensure their trainees are provided with adequate training. The vicious cycle of trainee to trainer is a must stop. Here's Timothy Brady of Truckersu.com's standpoint, which I fully agree with:
TruckersU.com My recommendation for restructuring Truck Driver Training. The first step to improving highway safety from the trucking side of the issue is: 6 months classroom and trucking course with at least 240 hours of behind the wheel instruction.

6 ...months with a qualified "licensed" driver trainer (5 years 500,000 miles driving experience with no accidents and no more than 3 points on their CDL DMV report plus completing a course and exam to be a "Licensed" Driver Trainer). The driver trainer must always be in the right seat awake, observing and instructing the trainee. Under no circumstances can a driver trainer be in the sleeper while the trainee is driving.

At the end of the six months with the driver trainer the apprentice trucker must be able to blind side back a truck to a dock in under 5 minutes plus other on the road and tight quarter skills and be accident and ticket free to get their CDL.

It is past time for this entire industry to throw aside the gloves, put aside the differences, and unite! Please, take some time to say hi to Ray LaHood and tell him to get this done!

Ray LaHood
U.S. Department of Transportation
1200 New Jersey Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20590
202-366-4000