Investigators Say Online Jobseekers Were Tricked Into Jalisco Cartel Boot Camps Mexico News Daily
go to original July 23, 2017

A building that was part of a training camp for new recruits (Alberto Mendoza/El Universal)

Authorities in Jalisco have discovered and shut down a cartel training camp where recruits were held against their will while they received instruction in the use of firearms, attack skills and self-defense.

Investigations into the disappearance of six men led police to two properties in the municipality of Tala, around 40 kilometers west of Guadalajara, where they found the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) camp.

State authorities had received reports of the missing men between June 6 and 13, and there was one common denominator: all had supposedly gone to Tala to undergo training to work for a private security company.

Cyber police investigating the case found Facebook profiles of two men and two women who were offering jobs in Tala as bodyguards, security guards and even municipal police. The online ads included a contact number and indicated that paid training was part of the deal. The cartel has previously used similar recruitment strategies, handing out flyers in Tlaquepaque and Puerto Vallarta.

... All indications pointed to Tala as the most likely place they would locate the missing men, but the final piece of the puzzle was solved when one man managed to escape from the camp and alert state police to the exact location.

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