Mexican authorities rescue eight from violent cartel’s secret site

Rescue operation in Jalisco uncovers cartel’s hidden clinic, illegal drugs and weapons; six suspected guards arrested.

Suspects arrested during a raid at a clandestine clinic in Tecalitlan, Jalisco state, on September 6, 2026 [Handout/Mexico’s Public Prosecutor’s Office via AFP]

Mexican law enforcement has said it rescued eight people who had been forcibly recruited by the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), one of the country’s most powerful and violent drug trafficking organisations.

The eight people were found at a clandestine clinic on a farm in the municipality of Tecalitlan, in the western state of Jalisco, roughly 160 kilometres (100 miles) from Guadalajara, the AFP news agency reported.

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Images released by state prosecutors showed dimly lit rooms with mattresses on the floor and heavily stained walls. One photo showed a cap bearing an image of Jesus Malverde, a folk figure widely revered by drug traffickers as an unofficial patron saint.

Jalisco state prosecutor Salvador Gonzalez said the property “operated as a place to shelter people recruited by organised crime who, for one reason or another, ended up injured in connection with the activities they were made to carry out and needed to recover”.

He added the victims “had been deprived of their freedom”. Two of those rescued were on crutches. Authorities said they also seized illegal drugs and narcotics, as well as weapons and ammunition. Six suspected guards, aged 21 to 48, were also arrested.

Investigators found the site while searching for a 20-year-old man who had gone missing in late July after leaving his home in Tlaquepaque, near Guadalajara, in a taxi to answer what he believed was a job offer at a farm.

The case echoes the 2025 discovery of a suspected CJNG training camp at a ranch in Teuchitlan, also in Jalisco, where a civilian search collective found clothing, luggage and human remains, leading to more than 40 arrests.

An estimated 134,000 people are believed to be missing across Mexico, with Jalisco having one of the country’s highest rates of missing people.

Mexico’s government said last week it had disabled more than 1,700 social media profiles spreading fake job offers to lure young people into crime.

哈利斯科州的一次营救行动揭露了贩毒集团的秘密诊所、非法毒品和武器；六名涉嫌保安被捕。

2026年9月6日，墨西哥哈利斯科州特卡利特兰一家秘密诊所遭突袭，嫌疑人被捕。[图片由墨西哥公共检察官办公室通过法新社提供]

墨西哥执法部门表示，他们解救了八名被哈利斯科新一代贩毒集团（CJNG）强行招募的人员，该集团是墨西哥势力最强大、最暴力的贩毒组织之一。

据法新社报道，这八人在哈利斯科州西部特卡利特兰市一个农场的秘密诊所中被发现，该市距离瓜达拉哈拉约 160 公里（100 英里）。

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哈利斯科州检察官萨尔瓦多·冈萨雷斯表示，该房产“被用作庇护有组织犯罪分子招募的人员的场所，这些人由于某种原因在被迫从事的活动中受伤，需要休养”。

他补充说，受害者“被剥夺了自由”。获救者中有两人拄着拐杖。当局表示，他们还缴获了非法毒品、麻醉品、武器弹药。六名年龄在21岁至48岁之间的涉嫌保安也被逮捕。

调查人员在寻找一名 20 岁男子时发现了这个地点。这名男子于 7 月下旬失踪，当时他离开位于瓜达拉哈拉附近特拉克帕克的家，乘坐出租车前往他认为是农场工作的地方。

该案与 2025 年在哈利斯科州特乌奇特兰的一个牧场发现疑似 CJNG 训练营的事件类似，当时一个民间搜救小组发现了衣物、行李和人类遗骸，导致 40 多人被捕。

据估计，墨西哥全国约有 134,000 人失踪，其中哈利斯科州是该国失踪人口比例最高的州之一。

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