Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Puerto Vallarta and Mexico News

Two Navy members stationed in Puerto Vallarta kidnapped by cartel

Two members of the Mexican Navy personnel based in Puerto Vallarta have been kidnapped by Laisha Oseguera, daughter of one of the most powerful drug traffickers in the country, Nemesio Oseguera, alias El Mencho, as confirmed by the Secretariat of the Military.

The kidnapping occurred a few hours after an Army operation in the city of Zapopan, on the outskirts of Guadalajara (Jalisco) to arrest El Mencho's wife, Rosalinda González Valencia, and mother of Laisha Oseguera.

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