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Amber Alert Cancelled; 2 Pa. Girls Found Safe

READING, Pa. (CBS) -  An amber alert has been cancelled for two young girls who were abducted by their father from their home in West Reading, Berks County. The girls were found safe Friday morning. They had been abducted at about 9 p.m. Thursday.

Authorities issued the alert for Montgomery County, Chester County, Berks County, Lehigh County, Lebanon County, Lancaster County and Schuylkill County.

Six-year-old Dania Perez and her eight-year-old sister, Janeth Perez, were safely located at about 10 a.m. Friday.

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23-year-old Hostin Perez-Corza (Credit: Pa. State Police)

Authorities say the girls were taken from their mother's home by their father, by 23-year-old Hostin Perez-Corza. Perez-Corza reportedly left the scene with the girls in a white, 1999 Ford Expedition -- PA license plate JJZ-5836.

Further details were not immediately available.

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