Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Three Men Unwittingly Recruited by Jalisco New Generation Cartel in Puerto Vallarta Reveal Their Ordeal

Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - What began as a straightforward job offer on social media quickly turned into a harrowing ordeal for three men from Colima who say they were lured to Puerto Vallarta under false pretenses and ended up in what they describe as a “hitman school” operated by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG).

Drawn in by the promise of weekly pay ranging from 2,000 to 4,000 pesos, no work experience required, and the sole condition of “knowing how to obey orders,” the three men—identified here as Juan 1, Juan 2, and . . .

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