Overview

• Eleven detainees identified as suspected narcomenudeo operators were arrested during the sweep, and authorities seized crystal meth, vehicles and a cache with three AR-15 rifles, three Glock 9mm pistols and numerous cartridges from a white Toyota Hilux.
• The search effort combined state, federal and municipal forces in a deployment of 197 personnel using 42 vehicles, two armored units, drones and a helicopter.
• Reports indicate the missing were contacted through bogus security jobs, and several returned with shaved heads consistent with recruitment or training by criminal groups.
• Disappearances were first registered in early August, while complaints filed in recent days spurred the weekend operation across Amozoc and nearby highways.
• Prosecutors have not established a direct link between the detainees and the disappearances, and they continue multiple lines of inquiry while seeking the remaining person.