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Brianna Genao Rosario / Diario Libre

After a week of intensive ground operations, US FBI federal agents and Dominican investigators have concluded that three-year-old Brianna Genao, who vanished on New Year’s Eve, may still be alive and could have been abducted to the United States.

The investigation reached a pivotal turning point on Monday, 19 January 2026 as the FBI withdrew its physical search teams from the community of Barrero in Imbert, Puerto Plata. While the boots-on-the-ground phase has ended, Interpol has escalated the case by issuing a Yellow Alert, officially marking Brianna as a high-priority missing person.

The investigation shifts NorthThe search for Brianna has taken on a transcontinental dimension. While the child lived in the Dominican Republic with her grandmother, her mother resides in the United States. Interpol’s latest advisory specifically notes that...