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Puerto Vallarta firefighters placed second in the men’s relay at the 2026 Jalisco Firefighters Cup, improving on fourth place in 2025.

Jalisco prosecutors say Sammy Daniel Pérez Rojas, missing from Puerto Vallarta since July 31, has been found alive in Texas.

Federal forces arrested 12 alleged CJNG members in Michoacán as Puerto Vallarta maintained preventive patrols at key sites.

Thirty Puerto Vallarta police cadets begin 1,080 hours of training in victim care, first aid, gender perspective and evidence work.

Puerto Vallarta adds patrols at gas stations, tourist areas and its Ixtapa prison after federal arrests trigger unrest in Michoacán.

Relatives are seeking Sammy Daniel Pérez Rojas, 34, missing in Puerto Vallarta since July 31 and believed to need medical care.

Jalisco records show 568 unresolved disappearances in Puerto Vallarta, while local 2026 data do not support claims of five new cases daily.

Jalisco police arrested a Los Angeles man near Playa Holi after U.S. Marshals traced him to Puerto Vallarta in a second-degree murder case.

A seventh sweep at Puerto Vallarta’s Ixtapa prison found suspected marijuana, six razor blades, tools, USB drives and electronics.

A young man was found dead Friday after disappearing in the Mascota River near Getsemaní in Ixtapa, ending an overnight search.

Puerto Vallarta’s prison undergoes a seventh security sweep as 15 inmates remain at large nearly six months after the February escape.

Nayarit is reinforcing Bahía de Banderas and Compostela with state and federal forces after violence along the corridor north of Puerto Vallarta.

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