If Ruby Cruz recognized the husband's belongings among the personal subjects found in suspected at the Mexican Cartel Training campShe feared the worst thing – that he was a victim of forced recruitment.
Revelation bones, shoes and clothes At the ranch in the western state, Jalisz shone on the ruthless tactics of severe criminal groups in the country where more than 120,000 people disappeared.
Husband Cruz, Fermin Hernandez, 33, was abducted in 2021 from his home in Tala near Izaguirre ranch from the militants who shot him in the leg.
She noticed that in her opinion site Last month.
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“I felt a lot of pain, a lot of sadness,” said the 31-year-old restaurant who told AFP, the image of her husband and the words “Your wife is looking for you” printed on his long sleeves.
According to the government, Jalisco New Generation Cartel, One of the drug trading groups appointed terrorist organization President Trump, attracted recruits with fake job advertising.
Last month, they were carried out by firearms and other workouts on Ranch Isaguri, Minister of Security Omar Garcia Harfuh, based on the testimony of allegedly arrested recruiter.
“They even took away the lives of people who resisted training or tried to escape,” he said.
“I will follow you from heaven”
The disappearance has increased in Mexico since the government declared war on drug trafficking in 2006.
About 480,000 people have been killed in a spiral of violence since then.
Veronica Cruz – is not relevant to Ruby Cruz – she is afraid that her son Robert Rejes is also a victim of the forced recruitment of the drug cartel.
The teenager disappeared a year ago after a trip to Jalisz, who lured the offer of painting.
42 -year -old Veronica Cruz believes that her son was also on Ranch Isagur because he once sent a message from the area.
She tried to avoid him from the gangs and drugs of the neighborhood, but said she never imagined that her son would be forced to join the cartel.
At the age of 16, the high school went from her home in the suburbs near Mexico City a year ago to make money to buy a motorcycle without obeying the mother.
A few weeks later, he called his sister, crying.
“I am the attacker. My friend was just killed … If I didn't get out of here, I will follow you from heaven,” he said, according to his mother.
Later, the man who said he was a member of Robert wrote his sister through social media to tell her he had died in a shootout.
“I thought the hitmen wanted to do this work. I never thought the cartels were taking away people,” his mother said.
More than 120,000 people are missing in Mexico
The government claims that it has reduced dozens of pages in social media that are recruiting for criminal groups.
But in addition to sharing Tiktok video, jobs are still offered in Jalisco with “food and housing”, which presents nicknames for the Jalisco New Generation. The cartel leads NEMESIO RUBén “El Mencho” OseGuera CervantesTo whom the US government suggested 15 million dollars reward For the information that leads to his capture.
In Jalisk, there are 12% of approximately 127,000 missing in Mexico, mostly young people.
Many disappearances are related to the forced recruitment because the gangs need the army to control their territory and to obtain illegal income, according to Jorge Ramirez, a researcher at the University of Guadalahara.
He said the victims often poor young people without access to education.
In 2024, about 30 young people were reportedly disappearing after visiting the fact that they would find interviews in Guadalajari, the capital of Jalisz.
Despite the fears, Ruby Cruz is still hoping to find her husband alive.
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Veronica Cruz's optimism decreased, but she still wants to respond.
“Maybe I'm not looking for justice, but I want to know where my son is – whatever it is,” she said.
In recent months, several mass graves have been discovered in Mexico. In January, at least 56 bodies were found In unmarked mass graves in the north of Mexico, near the border with the United States.
A mass grave Found in December 2024 in the suburbs of the Guadalajari with dozens of bags of dissected body parts contained the remains of 24 people, the authorities said. In the same month, the Mexican authorities said they restored everything 31 bodies From the pit in Chopas, the state suffering from the violence of the cartel.
Teams that are looking for missing Tell me that drug trafficking and other organized crimes sometimes use furnaces to burn their victims and not leave traces.