Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, August 5, 2026 – Private operators at Puerto Vallarta’s Central Camionera plan to purchase facial-recognition cameras that would be connected to Jalisco’s state surveillance network, creating a new monitored point at one of the city’s main overland arrival hubs.
C5 Escudo Jalisco director Juan Carlos Contreras announced the project on Monday. He said the cameras would be placed around the terminal’s perimeter and used to identify people reported missing, including young people arriving in the city by bus.
The project divides the work between the terminal’s private operators and the state. The operators would acquire the equipment, then C5 would integrate its feeds into the state video-surveillance system. Contreras said C5 has adapted its video platform to accept private cameras, allowing businesses to connect selected systems to the state monitoring network.
C5 handles Jalisco’s 911 emergency line, the 089 anonymous-report line, the Locatel service, state video surveillance, and radio communications. Its public expansion plan lists 2,448 new cameras, license-plate readers, roadway arches and facial-recognition equipment at analysis points across the state.
A similar public-private model was installed at the Central Nueva bus terminal in Tlaquepaque last November. That system included 24 cameras, nine with 360-degree coverage and facial-recognition capability, while the terminal administration supplied the equipment and the municipality covered installation and operating licenses. Officials said 57 people were located inside that terminal during the preceding 12 months.
The Puerto Vallarta plan arrives while missing-person cases remain a major local concern. PVDN reported in May that Puerto Vallarta had 559 accumulated missing and unlocated-person cases through April 30, based on state figures.
The next stage, described by C5, is connecting the terminal cameras to the state network after the equipment is acquired.
