Mother says son missing in Peru possibly abducted

A Canadian woman who is searching for her missing son in Peru says that authorities in the country are considering the possibility that her son was abducted.

Alisa Clamen, a Montreal resident, said her son Jesse Galganov, 22, left for a backpacking trip through South America and Southeast Asia last month. She last heard from him on Sept. 28, when he said that he would be out of communication for only a few days while he embarked on a multi-day trek near the Peruvian city of Huarez.

Clamen flew to Peru last week after deciding that something was seriously wrong. After not hearing from her son for nearly a month, she has posted a $10,000 USD award for any information that leads to her son being found.

She said she has been corresponding with Peruvian authorities since her arrival, who she says have been working flat out to try to locate her son.

“All of (the information) is leading to the conclusion that Jesse, somehow, was abducted,” said Clamen.

“It is really the only plausible theory at this point, because nobody really disappears into thin air.”

She said that Galganov's last known location was a backpackers hostel called Kame House in Huaraz. She added the investigation officially became a criminal one when the owner of the hostel first said that Galganov had been to the hostel, and then changed his story to say that he hadn’t when asked by police.