Overview

• Authorities located the children in Jojutla, Morelos, following coordinated field work and intelligence led by the federal security cabinet and state prosecutors.
• Sedena, Semar, the FGR, the National Guard and the SSPC participated alongside the Guerrero and Morelos fiscalías in the search and recovery effort.
• The Guerrero prosecutor’s office opened a case de oficio after Locatel publicized the alerts and is working with Morelos to maintain custody and complete the handover to a specialized unit.
• The siblings were identified as María del Rosario (13), Grisel (12), Jesús Gerardo (10) and Yoel (8), and they remain under state protection as procedures continue.
• Family testimony and initial reports indicate the children may have fled alleged paternal mistreatment and stayed with relatives before those relatives turned them over to authorities.