Disappearance of Zane Plemmons, a Mexican-American photojournalist who does freelance work for the Sinaloa newspaper , occurred on 21 May 2012 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico after covering a shootout. Plemmons was last seen leaving from a hotel to photograph a shootout between rival drug cartels. He did not return from the scene and has been missing ever since. The investigation into his disappearance is ongoing and the US Consulate there is tracking its progress. One year later, the Plemmons case is still open.