Police in Mexico find the bodies of eight young workers wrapped in plastic bags after they attempted to quit their jobs at a call centre that was operated by a drug cartel
Forensic experts work with several bags of human remains extracted from the bottom of a ravine by a helicopter, which were abandoned at the Mirador Escondido community in Zapopan, Jalisco state, Mexico on May 31, 2023. / Photo: AFP
A total of six men and two women were reported missing between May 20 and May 22, but the forensic examiners did not mention the number of confirmed identities. There had been doubts about whether one of the youths was among the bodies found. “Best guess is these kids had decided they wanted out of the business,” the US official said, adding the cartel was “sending a message to other defectors.”The Jalisco cartel, known by its initials as the CJNG, is famous for its ruthless treatment of supposed traitors, informants or turncoats. For those who have worked for the cartel, knowingly or unknowingly, it appears to be an unwritten rule that the only way out of the gang is death or prison.
Brian E. Nelson, the US undersecretary of the treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement in April that the “CJNG’s deep involvement in timeshare fraud in the Puerto Vallarta area and elsewhere, which often targets elderly US citizens and can defraud victims of their life savings, is an important revenue stream supporting the group’s overall criminal enterprise.
Ryan Donner, a broker at Ryan Donner & Associates, a real estate firm in Puerto Vallarta, said his firm had been asked for assistance by two people over the last two years who were apparently targeted by the scam.
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