4:55 p.m. update: Authorities said just before 5 p.m. Thursday that the AMBER Alert has been canceled and that the girl is safe.

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A Florida AMBER Alert was issued Thursday for a child last seen in Escambia County.

Banesa Fernandez-Santis, 11, of Walnut Hill, is 5 feet 2 inches tall and about 120 pounds with scars on her face, according to the alert. 

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement said the child may be in the company of Brijido Manriquez-Ortis, 42, who is 5 feet 8 inches tall and about 140 pounds.

FDLE said in an alert that the child was kidnapped. Anyone with information is asked to call 911.