Authorities rule out forced recruitment of the young men from Zapopan who were forcibly removed from a house; one managed to escape.

Authorities in Jalisco, Mexico, have preliminarily ruled out forced recruitment by organized crime in the case of four young individuals who were forcibly taken from a house in Zapopan, while one managed to escape. The state prosecutor's office is instead focusing its investigation on a potential unlawful deprivation of liberty committed with violence.

Simultaneously, in an unrelated development covered in regional reporting, Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader acknowledged that his government is investigating the deceptive recruitment of young Dominican nationals to Russia. Authorities have identified fewer than twenty individuals who have responded to these fraudulent calls so far.