FBI searching for U.S. citizen kidnapped in Mexico

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(Source: FBI Los Angeles, CNN via CNN Newsource)

(CNN) – The Federal Bureau of Investigation is offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to a missing U.S. citizen who was kidnapped in Mexico.

According to a release from the FBI’s Los Angeles field office Thursday, 63-year-old Maria Del Carmen Lopez was taken from her home in Pueblo Nuevo, Mexico on Feb. 9.

A cousin reportedly saw several men force Lopez into a van after an exchange of words.

So far, no arrests have been made.

Mexican authorities are working with the FBI to find out what happened.

Lopez is approximately 5 feet 2 inches tall with blonde hair and permanent eyeliner that is tattooed on.