"Anonymous" for Borderland Beat
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| José Manuel Reyes Contreras, a US citizen, went missing in Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco. |
A Northern California family is desperately searching for a teen who disappeared after traveling to Mexico to visit a relative. Jose Manuel Reyes- Contreras, 19, arrived in Lagos de Moreno in Jalisco in early April.
His motivations for the trip are unclear but appear to involve family. A California outlet said that he came in town to visit his sister, while a report from a Mexico reported that Reyes came to visit his ailing grandmother who passed away last week.
Reyes went out at night on Sunday and never returned. Reyes' sister Norma stated that they were supposed to hang out that day.
Reyes was scheduled to fly back to Hayward last Thursday at the Guadalajara Airport, but was reported missing days before with a friend, Jesus “Jessy” Ramos Corona, 36. The two went to get tacos late on May 2, but family members have not heard from either person since.
"I called him and asked him, what time are you going to arrive, I am waiting for you and it is late. He told me that he was on his way, that he was buying something to eat," Reyes’ sister said.
Manuel's sister Norma had messaged him on WhatsApp where he said he was eating tacos at a restaurant in Orozco y Jimenez boulevard.
"When at 4:00 a.m. I realized that he still had not arrived and I sent him a message and the same to Jessy and see that they do not enter, then he dialed them and the phones were turned off", Norma told a media outlet.
"Worried early, I looked for family and friends and nobody knew anything."
Reyes was reported as last wearing gray pants, a blue and gray sweatshirt, gray sneakers and a red cap. The outlet also reported Ramos Corona as last wearing jeans, a pink Aeropostale shirt and blue Nike sneakers.
Reyes' mother, who lives in the Northern California town of Hayward, said that the last time they spoke, the young man told her that he would return soon.
"‘I'm leaving soon, he said, don't worry, he told me, I will arrive on Thursday.’ That's why I don't want to enter his room at all, other than pray, but I don't want to see his clothes or anything like that, because it reminds me of when he used to go out," said the visibly affected mother.
Residents of Lagos de Moreno say that many people disappear in the region and the majority are young people between 13 and 22 years old. Genaro de la Torre, president of the Citizens Committee for Public Safety in Tijuana, one of the most violent cities in Mexico, said tourists have to take precautionary measures when visiting the country.
“Don't bring too much cash, try to bring the least. Don’t visit some places at night, try to go to places where there is more movement,” de la Torre said.
Diana Delgadiño, head of Social Communication of Tepatiplán, a city next to Lagos de Moreno, indicated that when a person is reported as missing, all alerts are activated, and "they communicate between police stations to close the circles and comb the area to find the clues."
Since Reyes is a U.S. citizen, American authorities are putting pressure on the police in Lagos de Moreno to find him.
He went out at night on a Sunday and never returned. Phones were taken no ransom demands. Has to be body organ harvesting. Anything and everything happens in Mexico.
ReplyDeleteYou mean he got killed for his body parts?
DeleteHe might be involved in the cartel life style ..body organ really reaching out it happens everywhere in the world most likely he was involved in the cartel life maybe owe money or wanted to be part of the life style and be rich
DeleteOrgan harvesting from random people will not work as there has to be numerous test performed to check viability. It's not like changing car parts which are inorganic.
DeleteEither that or he’s being held in a CJNG terror camp training to be a sicario.
DeleteNo it was probably something like this: they had been out on the town and a halcon noticed these two males speaking with American-accented Spanish and reported them to the halcon boss. Halcon boss passes the message up the chain to the plaza boss. Plaza boss gives the order to kidnap the two males because plaza boss believes they could be law enforcement.
DeleteOrgan harvesting is not scientifically feasible with random people picked off the streets.
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DeleteGood theory but law enforcement doesn't involve teens from the USA and they don't typically walk around openly chatting up casually. They haven't done that since the late 90s when on active investigations. If, however, you are correct then it means cartels are in big trouble if they're that paranoid they think a teen is experienced enough to be sent from north of the border to do an investigation.
If you don’t think cartels/gangs prey on innocent kids men and women then you are fucking retarded. Dude easily could of been picked up by armed men for their needs. He may be somewhere buried in the mountains. Hope not
DeleteHe went for a short time, to visit his sister and Gramma, and you brand him he is in a Cartel that's got to be rock bottom, imagine thier family reading what you said.
Delete@ 8:55
Deletehey I think @ 1:12 is more correct and most likely the truth He could have been connected and selling drugs
went down there to met the boss and get a BIG load of drugs
but somebody didnt like or trust him ? or are going to test him
to ck loyality ?
Anything is possiable
and yes its sad we think the worst but Hey its Mexico after all and in a very dangerous place so why cant we have an opinion with out you coming down on us for thinking the worst ?
sorry but hey thats life in Mexico
we will see soon I do hope he returns home safe
but my mind and heart is gonna think the wworst because it is Mexico
CJNG groupies will say anything to save face, 1st they say he is working for another cartel. Now they say hes law enforcement. yea a 19 year old kid being in law enforcement. Fucking cheerleading cjng dickriders. Smh
DeleteI bet is a ritual sacrifice. Lots of demonic shit happens in Mexico
DeleteHe was a mule for los coroneles @12:15
DeleteAhí está para los pendejos “no matamos inocentes”
ReplyDeleteViste que el 300 de los cdsnitches mato a 1 emfermero y 3 emfermeras?
Delete@2:01 Y quien dijo algo de cds? Typical cjng cheerleader always trying to compare cds with thm like if two wrongs make it right. All cartels are trash so whats the difference.
Delete12:18 My point was theres no difference between cds and cjng they both are inoccent killers, borh cartels need to be wiped out of the face of the earth, no cheerleading here 😉
DeletePossible.
ReplyDeleteInteresting anyone know more about organ harvesting in Mexico?
Any BB posts.
Yes - it doesn’t happen like that in Mx
DeleteYes a while back cjng cut out a heart of a kid, of a policeman in Guerrero.
DeleteMucha política nada que ver con Cárteles, es un mundo muy nauseabundo.
Delete@1:26 when did that happen?
DeleteIt's in the BB archives approximately 1 year 1/2 ago.
DeletePeople seem to forget or not know about back when the Templars were huge into organ trafficking..
Delete9:34 if you're talking about the video where first the father is decapitated and then the son has his stomach skin cut off, is repeatedly stabbed and in the end his heart is cut off and cut in half than that was Los Viagras. According to UDIC it was done by RSS aka La Sopa y NSS aka El Coruco.
Delete1:57
DeleteIt actually never happened.
was the town he was visiting the type of town where it probably isnt the brightest idea to be standing on the corner looking around at 2am? the type of city one might get snatched off the corner for being a perceived rival? idk
Deletenot to paint everyone with the same brush, hayward as a city does have its underbelly just like many other places, this means nothing until i read the part where the mom said something about not wanting to look at his clothes or enter his room because it reminded her of when "he used to go out"...idk maybe bad translation but maybe not...
maybe targeted for mistaken identity? for being americano?
maybe gave got into a verbal or starring match with wrong dudes at the taqueria?...som3one who isnt me has experienced this before only to be credibly advised later that evening that dudes rolled back to the spot looking for trouble and that was over minor bullsht, you cant assume the feeling is always gona be mutually seen that way by the other party especially when bravado or respect in front of others is concerned. the wrong joke, shared with or about the wrong person at the wrong time can suprise your all right night with a quick turn down suprise sharp left comprende ahora?
wouldnt be nice if these stories of presumed trajedy in mexico started ending on high notes from now on?
"19 year male goes missing while on vacation in mexico..."
eios mios who what where do you think the worst or certainly the worst must have been related to the cartel de assumption..you know they say if you assume you make an ass out of you and me! ayy cabron!
"update: 19 year on vacation in mexico resurfaces fine after presumed going missing in mexico, says after meeting some fine heinas at the taqueria who loved the american accent, remembering being home early was the responsible thing to do, so naturally he turned off his phone and voluntarily went m.i.a for the weekend, had a great time,cant wait to do it again, and wants to give a quick shout out to..."
isnt that how these stories should end? come on mexico is a great place whats been happening to many but not all places there is a damn shame, what needs to be done to change it? ending the drug war and bringing back tourism and other jobs would be a start huh? come on make it happen you know you we collectively can.
Got picked up to get recruited by force.
ReplyDeletePlata o Plomo type of thing. My guess
Looks like a healthy young man, and them saying it's mostly 13 to 22 year olds in the area fits your theory. Very disturbing...
ReplyDeleteCJNG are terrorists
ReplyDeleteWho ever did this are amateurs and desperate. They typically avoid US citizens due to extra risk they pose but which knows why they picked them. Mistaken identity possibly? Unfortunately I don’t think they’re alive anymore. The window for finding someone alive is usually 2-3 days, the more days that pass the slimmer the chance of finding them alive especially if they didn’t ask for a ransom.
ReplyDeleteSurDeJalisco
"Who ever did this are amateurs and desperate."
DeleteThat's all CJNG is. They are trying to fortify Jalisco but they are paranoid and see enemies everywhere. It doesn't help that they have wars going in to he north, south and east of them. No matter what CJNG fans want to believe, GTO is still causing headhaches for them, Marros people control the prisons there and abuse and kill the CJNG guys that go to jail. They got pushed further south in Zacatecas. In Michoacan all CJNG did was lose territory, Templarios hold the most important real estate in Michoacan followed by Viagras, and they can't even take out a local chieftain like El Abuelo. That's why I assume their are so many CJNG trolls online, when things are going bad you, lie on social media. The rich in Jalisco are also getting sick of CJNG. That international drug traffiking network the Cuinis built Mencho destroyed. The main thing CJNG live out of is local sales, extortion and kidnaping.
They still pushing marros ppl to the East. CDS without the GN ain’t nothing in Zacatecas that includes Carteles Unidos who hide behind gov forces. Only reason cjng lost territory in Michoacán is cuz they flipped sides. El Abuelo is hiding in a bunker in Tepalcatepec & They using drones with explosives & women & kids as autodefensas
Delete3:46 is that you secret management? First of all: Guanajuato is a lot calmer! You dont hear about all the killings that were happening a few months ago! Dont tell me marros people killed all of cjng sicarios! Second of all: were does it say cjng got pushed back south? They are waiting to see whose wins the elections! They already fully control half of zacatecas, no need to rush! Third and last: really? They are loosing territory in michoacan? Didnt they just take aguililla and sourrounding areas? I havent hear shot from abuelo lately! He is hiding like a rat that he is, scared shitless! Now that cjng has aguililla they can attack abuelo drom any direction, again they are waiting for the next michoacan governor to see if they can buy him or not! Wether you like it or not mencho always trys to make a deal if the deal doesnt work that when his siccarios step up! Hes a real cartel boss he has the money
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DeleteElections are not going to help CJNG. Why do CJNG keep lying to themselves about this? CJNG don't have the money to bribe anyone important anymore, which is why they the spend all their time doing propaganda. Mencho couldn't keep up the drug network the Cuinis built. A lot of the traffickers in Michoacan were part of that network and left CJNG. CJNG are just like the Zetas after Lazca got killed, a group living of a rep.
7:31 am
DeleteMencho is not a cartel boss, he was always just a boss of gunman. Which is why all the drug traffickers that used to work with the Cuinis dropped him. Mencho is the guy he is because of the Cuinis, Mencho is too dumb to make money. CJNG live out of extorting, local drug sales and kidnapping. That international drug trade the Cuinis built Mencho destroyed.
Abuelo is an old man vaquero..the fact cjng cant get him says alot about their operational capacity. If Sinaloa capos wanted him dead he would of been dead years ago.
Delete@7:31 SM is back, not as bold like before porque sabe que sin la ayuda del gobierno del estado no pueden las GU y se van arma los plomazos machín. Se les está callendo el negocio en EEUU, a AFC de seguro le están preguntando de SAC porque lo más seguro es que piensan que va mandar a su familia a vivir allá y les van a decomisar los millones. Cómo este sabe que el Gallero tiene pawer no quiere quedar mal por si no se puede ir para allá. Poco a poco se va avanzando
Delete@4:00 No entienden que si el gobierno está apollando a los C.U. no es por ellos sino porque al gobierno le caga el CJNG? No pueden entender eso? CJNG será historia entre este sexenio y el siguiente.
DeleteQue no le ven la cara de tecato pendejo al Mencho, los buenos eran los Cuinis.
1:04 si lo que tu digas secret management
Delete9:10
DeleteAccording to DEA he is a cartel boss.
Will never visit Mexico. That place is living hell. Look at what their people did to this nice young man. What a tragedy.
ReplyDeleteSomehow according to the article, the FBI is leaving it up to the local municipal police to investigate. That does not sound good. If FBI reads more of BB, they will find out, most municipal police are curupt. I am thinking positive, but if finding the teenager is hard, then you will know police don't do nothing.
ReplyDeleteDoes organ harvesting actually happen? I thought it was only an urban legend.
ReplyDeleteIt brings in money, for people that are on long months waiting for a match on blood type, happens alot in Guetemala.
DeleteThey may harvest them but they dont use them lol
DeleteYes it does happen...let's say your 20 year old son needs a kidney, but the waiting list is 3+ years. When in 3 world countries you can get it faster, by kidnapping that person with the same blood type, and removing the organs.
DeleteUrban legend.
Delete8:34
DeleteMedically and scientifically that's impossible unless numerous test are performed and proper medical protocol is followed. Even then is still may not work. This ain't the movies.
8:34
DeleteAlso, what self respecting doctor will be willing to perform such a thing where proper medical protocols were not followed?
I just imagine I'm a really rich father and my son needs a new kidney. Instead of being put on a waiting list (which isnt that long for rich people) and taking advantage of first class medicine, I fly to Guatemala where I can get killed on the way to the hospital, have my kid cut open by some 3rd world doctor and have a kidney put in that they just cut out of some random guy on the street.
DeleteAnd dont tell me you get an armed escort when traveling, gated but nice hotel, and doctors flown in, this happens in movies.
When i was in Tonala, you dont go out for Tacos after Night.
In GDL i was out in the evening, got dark pretty quick and left the place, 2 hrs later this boxer what shot at this place.
Tourist zone, drunk as skunk at 2am, no issue beside guys with AR15 every 50m.
CDMX pretty the same. Sometimes you see nothing and just keep on going. And the worse your spanish is the better.
He got kidnapped and killed for no real reason. Its sad but its happens everyday.
They will find his body in a few weeks and maybe they arrest some random guy.
@8:43 or just maybe a person in need of an organ can buy it from a willing seller?
Deletea lot of the people commenting dont know what they are talking about. Here are a few factors for doing a transplant
Delete-Blood type
-Body size
-Severity of patient's medical condition
-Distance between the donor's hospital and the patient's hospital
-The patient's waiting time
-Whether the patient is available (for example, whether the patient can be contacted and has no current infection or other temporary reason that transplant cannot take place)
-Other factors used to match kidneys include a negative lymphocytotoxic crossmatch and the number of HLA antigens in common between the donor and the recipient based on tissue typing
Here just read this to see for urself its more complicated thn people think.
https://www.organdonor.gov/about/process/matching.html
This is one of the few reasons why our 2nd amendment is important if all Mexican citizens could bear arms thia wouldnt be happening.
ReplyDeleteMore guns is never the answer
Delete2nd amendment has stopped crime in the USA.
Deletenope, get your facts right.
Deletehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
anything above 1.76 should be considered as shithole countries
I mean the 2nd amendment HAS NEVER stopped crime.
DeleteIf organ harvesting were at all profitable, the Zetas would have done it. They just made tacos with all the various organs they gathered.
ReplyDeleteSo sad. The poor guy is probably dead. I will ask my friend who is a Mexican citizen in Mexico City what she knows about organ harvesting in Mexico. Although there are probably other reasons for this kidnapping.
ReplyDeleteYea alot of it has to be done in a sterile settings and proper medicines no i dont think so
Deletetoo many that live there for that plus its has to be done the right way etc
i think its drug related
I’m gunna be honest i just came back from Ensenada if he got kidnapped and recruited by by force the moment they seen the report that he was American hes a liability he’s gone poor kid probably wrong place at the wrong time
ReplyDeleteMost of these comments saying that organ harvesting isn't real aren't aware because the government does good at hiding it. Doctors lawyers politicians are all part of the never ending suffering of the people. To say he got used for that is a long shot but not impossible. In many cases directors of huge hospitals are replaced randomly, as a result lids as young as 2 have been found without eyes and missing all of their internals.
ReplyDeleteHey chill sooner or later MX is going to be writing about organ harvesting. In Guetemala, a year ago thier was an American tourist, seen by the neighborhood giving candy to kids, all of the sudden dueto a chisme , The people were yelling Roba chicos for body parts. The tourist got beat up badly, police had to protect him.
Deleteits not real cause you have no idea how complicated it is. Its not like changing the tires on your car.
DeleteIn a country as corrupt as Mexico or Guatemala, organs are traded on the black market no differently than any other illegal good!
Delete@11:45 yup a lot of the people commenting dont know what they are talking about. Here are a few factors for doing a transplant
Delete-Blood type
-Body size
-Severity of patient's medical condition
-Distance between the donor's hospital and the patient's hospital
-The patient's waiting time
-Whether the patient is available (for example, whether the patient can be contacted and has no current infection or other temporary reason that transplant cannot take place)
-Other factors used to match kidneys include a negative lymphocytotoxic crossmatch and the number of HLA antigens in common between the donor and the recipient based on tissue typing
Here just read this to see for urself its more complicated thn people think.
https://www.organdonor.gov/about/process/matching.html
11:45 does not believe it happens, kill some one for thier body parts.
DeleteWhere did i say this doesnt happen? Dont try to put words in my mouth that i didnt say. This shit does happen but its a lot more complicated thn what people think. If i was gonna do this i would gather intel from a clinic/hospital near by to see what patients they have that would be a good fit for the procedure thats need to take place, not just pick a random person off the street who might have aids or hiv or some sort of infection. Have all the right tools and machines and everything has to be 100% bacteria free. Even once the process is done its not a 100% chance ur body will accept a new body part. Like i said its very complicated process but it does happen.
Delete12:15
DeleteIt doesn't happen.
12:15
DeleteIt does not happen at all in the manner you *imagine*.
As more days go by, chances of him and his friend being alive becomes minimal.
ReplyDeleteCartels are killing anyone they want, the FBI is depending on city police to solve it.
US should put Sanctions on Mexico! Put their satellites on them, on all the major cartels. Enough , we don't need their permission or cooperation to take to act. Pentagon killed Iran General Solomani whom never did the shit all the cartels are doing to innocent Mexicans and Americans.
ReplyDeleteGeneral Solomani was behind the planning of getting American troops killed while in Iraq.
Delete1:57
DeleteYou can't put sanctions on Mexico when the USA had their own banks washing money for the cartels. Also, sanctions are usually imposed when a country (the government) is openly involved in crime.
Extremely tragic. I sincerely hope they find him. He seems like a decent young man.
ReplyDeleteSheesh The homie just wanted to see some nice tail at the jardín and was spotted by criminals for some reason whether it be he had nice clothes on and Or had valuable things on him like an iPhone or Jordan’s.
ReplyDeleteAll of you who think the USA can fix this, you don't understand how Mexico works.
ReplyDeleteSadly, they are probably dead. There is more to the story than we will ever know. But I can say, if they were obviously Americans, and by that I mean their poor Spanish and dress, it is less likely this is random. Cartels don't want the heat brought on them by potential American investigations. So my guess is that these guys were wrapped up in it somehow.