Police in New Mexico are searching for two missing teens last seen in a gris༒ly Snapchat video of the🤡m being assaulted in a bloody beatdown.
Collin Romero, 15, and Ahmed Lateef, 14, have bee🌳n missing since Dec. 16 when💜 they allegedly were brutally attacked in West Mesa, .
Authorities said they believe the two teens may ha👍ve been involved in a dr꧙ug deal gone wrong.
Collin’s mother, Amanda Kimbrel, said the boys were bloodied and beaten in the video circulating online. She said authorities have served Snapchat with a warrant asking it to turn over the footage.
“They were being beaten very, very brutally, pistol-whipped,” Kimbrel said. “Snapchat has this information and they are refusing to hand it over.”
Representatives for Snapchat didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.
The boys’ families — who spent Christmas Day searching for them — said they have received terrifying tips about their whereabouts.
“We’ve been told there’s a photo of the boys in the backseat of the car, with a man in the middle holding them as if they are trophies,” Collin’s grandmother, Kelen Kimbrell, .
Both families are urging anyone wit🦩h information to contact Crime Stoppers at 505-843-7867.
“We’re really asking for the younger community to take this seriously,” Collin’s mom said. “We’re concerned with their whereabouts, not who did this or why.”