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Three Puerto Vallarta Students Located While Three Guadalajara Teens Remain Missing

Investigators are treating false job offers and cross‑state recruitment by organized crime as the primary line of inquiry.

Overview

  • The Vicefiscalía in Jalisco said Monday that three students last seen June 25 in the El Zancudo area of Puerto Vallarta were found in good health and reunited with family.
  • Authorities reported those students arrived by their own means to a relative’s home and verified their condition, though the criminal and protection investigations remain open.
  • Three adolescents from Guadalajara disappeared after a June 30 school graduation and have not been located; families told investigators one youth planned to work in the sierra for three months.
  • Jalisco prosecutors activated search protocols, issued national alerts, gathered phone records and asked Colima and Michoacán for cooperation as they probe organized‑crime recruitment through false job offers.
  • The broader context shows many recent missing‑person cases in the state, officials are asking families for personal items to help forensic work, and continued searches seek to clarify how youths are being moved across state lines.