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Three Teenagers Disappear in Tlajomulco After Alleged Online Job Offers

Relatives say preliminary CCTV and device leads point to app taxis and TikTok contacts and they warn slow cooperation from schools and prosecutors could hinder searches.

Overview

  • The disappearances began over three consecutive days in mid-May, with Dylan Iván Torres Gómez reported missing on May 18, Camila Janeth Vázquez Rivas on May 19, and Samantha Jorely Martínez on May 20, and families say each left after responding to alleged job offers.
  • Camila’s family found a TikTok contact offering high pay on a tablet and say she was seen leaving school and boarding what appeared to be an app-based taxi headed toward the Nueva Central Camionera.
  • Dylan’s relatives obtained a video they say shows him voluntarily getting into a waiting vehicle after an apparent work lead, while Samantha was last seen leaving Preparatoria Regional de Toluquilla and walking toward a Macrobús station.
  • Protesters including families, friends and neighbors have demanded faster action from the Fiscalía del Estado de Jalisco after reporting limited access to C5 and station cameras and an alleged refusal by a school director to show campus footage.
  • Investigations remain developing: authorities have been asked to review C5 and transit-station surveillance, no arrests or recoveries have been announced, and experts and families warn that offers routed through social platforms and app taxis pose rising risks to minors.