Mazatlán authorities deny alleged kidnapping reports

Municipal authorities in Mazatlán, Mexico, have officially denied claims of a mass kidnapping that have been circulating on social media. Reports suggested that ten people were abducted by armed individuals in an area between the sindicatura of Villa Unión and El Walamo.

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We do not have a report of a supposed deprivation of liberty of a group of ten people.

Jaime Othoniel Barrón Valdez, the Municipal Secretary of Public Security, stated that the corporation has not received any official report regarding this alleged incident through its emergency lines. He emphasized that federal, state, and municipal forces maintain surveillance sectors and response capabilities within Mazatlán, and in this specific case, there is no verified information to confirm the events publicized online.

Barrón Valdez clarified that if concrete complaints regarding the alleged kidnapping of ten individuals were to be filed, it would fall under the jurisdiction of the State Attorney General's Office to open an investigation. However, as a preventive authority, his department has no official report confirming the alleged event.

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The version disseminated on social media, about a supposed action by armed individuals who took several people, has not been confirmed, since no report to that effect has reached the municipal corporation's emergency lines.

Despite the lack of official confirmation, security has been reinforced throughout the municipality with an increased presence of the National Guard, the army, and the Navy to deter high-impact crimes. Officials urge the public to rely on verified information and official channels rather than unconfirmed social media rumors.

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If concrete complaints about these alleged deprivations of liberty of a group of ten people are received, it is the competence of the State Attorney General's Office to open an investigation.