Fears for Queensland mother in Mexico after her daughter was found wandering alone at a church

Tahnee Shanks, 32, was last seen in Cancun on Monday, where she was holidaying

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The family of a north Queensland mother missing in Mexico, whose two-year-old daughter, Adelynn, was found alone at a Cancun church, are pleading with authorities to help swiftly bring the child to Australia.

Tahnee Shanks, 32, was last seen in the Yucatan peninsula resort town on Monday, where she was holidaying with her Mexican partner and Adelynn's father, Jorge Aguirre Estudillo, who is also reportedly missing.

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