Overview

• An interagency operation led by the Puebla state prosecutor’s office detained 11 people in Amozoc and seized a Toyota Hilux, AR‑15 rifles, 9mm handguns, ammunition and doses of crystal meth at two locations in Los Pinos and La Concepción.
• Authorities said multiple lines of investigation remain open to determine whether the detainees are connected to the disappearances, and they emphasized that locating the missing remains the priority.
• The search effort involves about 197 personnel with 42 vehicles, two armored units, drones and a helicopter conducting air and ground patrols across urban areas, highways and nearby mountain zones.
• Relatives report at least 11 men vanished around August 10–11 after answering supposed job offers that included travel to Jalisco, with instructions to show up in specified clothing such as black outfits or jeans.
• The prosecutor’s office has opened a case and issued search notices that include a 17‑year‑old among the missing, as families decry a late response in a municipality that counts 46 reports of missing men in the state registry.