The wife identifies the missing husband

When Rubi Cruz recognized her husband’s belongings among the personal articles that are in a MEXICAN DRUG CARGES TRAINING CAMPShe feared the worst: that he had become a victim of forced recruitment.

The discovery of bones, shoes and clothes In a ranch in the western state of Jalisco, he highlighted the ruthless tactics of violent criminal groups in a country where more than 120,000 people are missing.

Cruz’s husband, Fermin Hernández, then 33, was kidnapped in 2021 from his home in the city of Tala near the Rancho de Zaguirre by gunmen who shot him in his leg.

She saw what she believes are her personal articles, which include a wallet and a shirt, in images published by a civil society group that went to look for the remains of missing people in The site last month.

“I felt a lot of pain, a lot of sadness,” said the 31 -year -old restaurant at the News, the image of her husband and the words “His wife is looking for you” printed on his long -sleeved shirt.

According to the government, the Jalisco New Generation poster, One of the drug trafficking groups designated a terrorist organization of President Trump, attracted recruits With false work ads.

They were given firearms and another training at the Izaguirre ranch, said Security Minister Omar García Harfuch, last month, based on the testimony of an alleged poster recruiter that was arrested.

“They even took the lives of the people who resisted training or tried to escape,” he said.

“I will monitor you from the sky”

The disappearances have shot in Mexico since the Government declared the war against drug trafficking groups in 2006.

Around 480,000 people have been killed in a spiral of violence since then.

Veronica Cruz, without relation to Rubi Cruz, fears that his son Robert Reyes also be a victim of forced recruitment by a drug sign.

The teenager disappeared a year ago after traveling to Jalisco, attracted to a job offer painting houses.

Veronica Cruz, 42, believes that her son was also at the Izaguirre ranch because once sent a message from the area.

She had tried to keep him away from the gangs and drugs of the neighborhood, but said she never imagined that her son would be forced to join a poster.

At the age of 16, the abandonment of high school traveled from home in a suburb near Mexico City to Jalisco a year ago to earn money to buy a motorcycle, disobeying his mother.

Weeks later, he called his sister, crying.

“I am a hired assassin. My friend was killed … if I don’t get out of here, I’ll watch you from heaven,” he said, according to his mother.

Later, a man who said he was Robert’s friend to his sister through social networks to tell him that he had died in a shooting.

“I thought the Hitmen wanted to do that job. I never thought the posters were removing people,” said his mother.

More than 120,000 people are missing in Mexico

The Government says that it has eliminated dozens of recruitment social media pages for criminal groups.

But in the application of Video Video exchange, work is still offered in Jalisco with “Meals and Accommodation”, with nicknames for the New Generation poster of Jalisco. The poster is directed by Nemesio Rubén “El Mencho” Oseguera Cervantesfor whom the United States government has offered a $ 15 million reward for information that leads to its capture.

The state of Jalisco represents 12% of the approximately 127,000 missing people in Mexico, mainly young men.

Many disappearances are linked to forced recruitment because gangs need armies to control their territory and generate illicit income, according to Jorge Ramírez, a researcher at the University of Guadalajara.

Victims are often poor young people without access to education, he said.

In 2024, it was reported that around 30 young people disappeared after attending what they believed would be work interviews in Guadalajara, the capital of the state of Jalisco.

Despite her fears, Rubi Cruz still hopes to find her husband alive.

Veronica Cruz’s optimism has decreased, but still wants answers.

“Maybe I’m not looking for justice, but I want to know where my son is, whatever it is necessary,” he said.

Multiple mass tombs have been found in recent months in Mexico. In January, at least 56 bodies were discovered In unmarked massive tombs in northern Mexico, not far from the border with the United States.

TO common pit Discovered in December 2024 in a suburb of Guadalajara with dozens of bags of dismembered body contained the remains of 24 people, authorities said. That same month, the Mexican authorities said they recovered a total of 31 bodies News in Chiapas, a state full of poster violence.

Groups looking for missing people Let’s say that drug trafficking posters and other organized crime gangs sometimes use ovens to incinerate their victims and leave no trace.

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