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A joint operation between state and federal forces in Mexico discovered a property used as a clandestine recovery clinic for organized crime this Thursday in Tecalitlán, in the state of Jalisco (west), where eight people who were being held against their will were rescued.
The victims, all men between 16 and 43 years old from Mexico City, Guerrero, Michoacán, Sinaloa, and Jalisco, were being held against their will in a building set up to provide medical care and physical rehabilitation to injured members of the criminal group.
In a press conference, the Jalisco Attorney General, Salvador González de los Santos, detailed that the investigation began following the disappearance on July 21 of a 20-year-old man in Tlaquepaque, who was kidnapped after receiving a fake job offer.
After gathering intelligence that located the young man in the municipality of Tecalitlán, the state Prosecutor's Office, in coordination with the National Guard and the Mexican Army, executed an emergency entry operation to safeguard the victim's life, finding the other seven captives at the location.
During the inspection of the property, security forces seized various medications, motor assistance devices, orthopedic boots, and pairs of crutches, as well as marijuana, tactical gear, and a hundred high-caliber cartridges.
The deployment also concluded with the arrest of five men and one woman identified as alleged captors, who were charged with the crimes of human trafficking and disappearance.
The discovery of this clandestine healthcare center exposes the complex logistical structures that criminal cells deploy in western Mexico to ensure hidden medical care for their injured combatants.
The operation occurs after the Guerreros Buscadores de Jalisco collective located hundreds of garments, shoes, and other personal items, as well as human remains, at the Rancho Izaguirre in Teuchitlán in March 2025.
The Attorney General's Office subsequently determined that the site was used by a criminal organization as a recruitment and training center, although it ruled out evidence that it operated as a clandestine crematorium. EFE
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