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The family of Francisco Camejo, a 42-year-old Cuban truck driver known among his friends as "Kuko," has gone more than three days without news of him after losing contact on Friday, July 10, while driving from California to Pompano Beach in southern Florida, reported elTOQUE.
The last trace of the driver is located in Fontana, California, in the early morning from Thursday to Friday, around one in the morning, when he was participating in a group call with friends from the industry.
Her sister Lianet Camejo recounted to elTOQUE the moments before his disappearance: "The last news we had was that he was on a call, from Thursday to Friday, around one in the morning, with a group of trucker friends. Around one something, he told them he heard a noise, that he couldn't hear well, and the call dropped. That was near Fontana, California. Since that moment, we haven't heard anything from him."
Since then, Camejo's phone has remained off, and the gray Freightliner truck with a trailer that he was driving has also not been found.
It was the company for which he works, All Miami Trucking Corp., registered in Florida since 2013, that raised the first alarm when they could not locate the driver or track the vehicle.
Lianet explained how the family found out: "The owner of the truck called my husband, who is also a truck driver, to ask if we knew anything about my brother. They hadn't been able to locate him because his phone had been off all day. The GPS on the trailer showed the last location in Los Angeles, California, and since then the broker could no longer track the load."
The search immediately extended to family, friends, and acquaintances, but with no results: "We started calling the wife, family, and friends to see if anyone knew anything, but no one had heard from him since Thursday night," the sister added.
The family filed a missing persons report in California, the only state that accepted it, as authorities in Florida rejected the complaint because the incident occurred outside their jurisdiction.
"In Florida, they won't accept the report because the disappearance occurred in California. We have called the jail, hospitals, the morgue, and all the places we think he might be, but no one can tell us anything. We are desperate and searching for him by all means," Lianet stated.
Francisco Camejo is originally from Guanabacoa, Havana, and he also lived in Peñas Altas, Guanabo. He has been residing in the United States for over 11 years and has made his home in Florida.
So far, the authorities have not provided any information regarding the whereabouts of Francisco Camejo. Those who have information that could help locate him can contact the family at the following phone numbers: 786-606-5348, 786-860-9742, and 239-201-0814.
The case reignites the anguish in the Cuban trucking community in the United States, which in April 2026 experienced the tragic conclusion of the case of Alejandro Jacomino González, a 41-year-old Cuban driver who disappeared while transporting luxury vehicles from the port of Brunswick, Georgia, to Miami.
Jacomino González's truck was found abandoned with part of the cargo missing, and the FBI took over the investigation.
On April 29, the FBI confirmed the discovery of the body of the driver in a coastal area of Georgia; the circumstances of his death have not been disclosed and the investigation remains open.
In May 2026, another Cuban truck driver from Miami, Marcelo H. Corvalán, was found alive in a hospital in Orlando after being missing for more than 48 hours while transporting cargo; the driver did not remember what had happened, and authorities could not determine whether he suffered a medical emergency or was the victim of an assault.
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