Overview

• An interagency sweep detained 11 suspects linked to narcomenudeo and seized methamphetamine and weapons, including three AR-15s, three 9 mm Glocks, and ammunition.
• Search teams deployed 197 personnel, 42 vehicles, two armored units, drones, and a helicopter across Amozoc and the Puebla–Tehuacán corridor.
• Investigators cite indicators of coerced recruitment and training, reporting that several youths returned with shaved heads.
• Authorities say formal complaints arrived in early September though the disappearances began in early August, and one person is still missing.
• Prosecutors continue multiple lines of inquiry to establish any direct ties between the detainees and the disappearances and to determine criminal responsibility.