2 boys at center of California Amber Alert safely found after days-long disapperance

Siblings run away from foster home in Westlake District

Two siblings, ages 2 and 10, are believed to be safe with their mother after they ran from their foster home.

LOS ANGELES - Two boys, a 2-year-old and his 10-year-old brother, at the center of an Amber Alert have been found safe after their days-long disappearance.

The news comes a couple of days after the two brothers were allegedly abducted by their mother after they ran away from their foster home in Los Angeles' Westlake District. 

What we know:

At the time of their disappearance on Thursday, August 21, the Los Angeles Police Department said the children were placed in foster care and were reported missing by their caretakers around 1:30 a.m. near 3rd Street and Virgil Avenue. The LAPD deployed K-9 units to aid in the search, and early on, investigators believed they may have left on their own. 

During the early hours of the investigation, it was believed the two boys were trying to return to their mother's home in South LA's Vermont Square neighborhood and by 10 a.m., LAPD officials said it is believed the mother had picked up her two boys. 

Dereck Rodriguez and Jaden Hernandez.

The victims were identified as 2-year-old Dereck Alejandro Rodriguez-Hernandez and 10-year-old Jaden Hernandez. 

The California Highway Patrol issued an Amber Alert at 10:47 a.m.

Their mother, Jackeline Hernandez-Torres, was believed to be the suspect at the time of the Amber Alert being issued.

What we don't know:

Officials did not say what ended up happening to Hernandez-Torres. There is no announcement pertaining to if the boys' mother would face charges in connection to her sons' days-long disappearance.

What you can do:

If seen, please call 911 immediately.