The family of a soldier missing for seven months have asked the US Army to increase a reward for information to $50,000 as searches for him continue on both sides of the US-Mexico border.
Private Richard Halliday, 21, was last seen on July 24, 2020 by soldiers at the Fort Bliss base in El Paso, Texas although his family have been told he was subsequently spotted in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juárez.
Relatives of Halliday and volunteers started searching around Ciudad Juárez on Wednesday, as his parents called on the Army to double its $25,000 reward for information on his whereabouts.
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