Their family said that Paul and Chrisi Akio are a couple of Spring Arbur, Michigan, who is currently being held in Mexican prison.
Lindsay Hull, the daughter of Christie, He said Her mother and her husband were arrested on March 4 at an airport in Kanikon and they were held without support for 21 days.
Speaking with WLNS from NexStar, she claimed that the couple were detained because they defied the charges on the American Express credit card by Palace CompanyPalace resorts.
When Akeos arrived in Mexico earlier this month, they passed through customs, where Hull said that the notification had been placed on their passports, which led to their arrest.
The local Mexican outlets mentioned Akeos was charged with defrauding the Cancun Hotels series of more than $ 100,000, claiming that they signed a contract in November 2021 to buy membership and give the hotel a credit card to charge monthly payments.
according to News Riviera MayaIt is a newspaper based in Kanikon, claiming that Paul canceled 13 transactions totaling $ 116,587 (equivalent to more than 2.4 million peso), and Christie is supposed to share messages on a Facebook page describing how they committed fraud against the hotel.
Hall rejected these allegations that they are wrong and delicious, Writing on social media The American Express stood with Akeos regarding the accident.
“For this reason it is extremely important to share our story and spread our truth,” Hull wrote in a text message to WLNS. “The truth will prevail.”
The couple’s family said that they had contacted the American embassy in Mexico and other federal and loyal agencies asking for help, but they said Akeos was still being held on Monday night.
Hall said that she and her brother have rented American and Mexican lawyers. She also said that the resort is demanding $ 250,000 and signing the non -disclosure agreement that does not guarantee the release of her parents.
Hull said this incident caused her family a large amount of tension.
“Trying to understand what is happening, in an attempt to know how to get into a kind of communication with our parents,” Hull said. “My mother usually receives a phone call per day. It is not long at all. It is basically a phone call that she gets until someone in the background tells her to get out of the phone, then she must hang out.”
US MP Tom Barrett says he spoke to the family, and his office continues to the Foreign Ministry and the White House for the release of Paul and Christie.