Overview

• Authorities said two 16-year-olds reported missing from Nezahualcóyotl were found safe after their bus was stopped in Tabasco.
• The youths had spent about a month messaging on Facebook and Messenger with a man who claimed ties to the Cártel de Tamaulipas, whose identity remains unknown.
• Nezahualcóyotl’s Subdirección de Búsqueda de Personas coordinated with the Guardia Nacional and state agencies to track the route in real time and secure the adolescents under protection until relatives arrived.
• Officials and civil groups describe a wider pattern of enticement through false job offers and transit through bus terminals, with recent cases documented in Jalisco and Zacatecas.
• Local authorities urged parents to monitor children’s phone use and said a prevention program will be integrated into the city’s crime‑prevention policy.