Authorities confirmed the case, although they requested to maintain reserve around the investigations. In response, a search operation was deployed with over 500 security elements in the air and on land in the municipalities of Taxco, Tetipac, and Pilcaya in Guerrero, as well as in the State of Mexico and Morelos. The whereabouts of Juan Andrés Vega Carranza, the mayor of Taxco, Guerrero, are unknown, the National Guard confirmed this on Monday, April 13. The news comes just hours after it was reported that the disappearance of doctor Juan Vega Arredondo, the mayor's father, who was last seen on Saturday, April 11. The doctor's vehicle was found abandoned in the vicinity of the community of Acamixtla. These include ground patrols and overflights with aircraft from the National Guard and the state Secretariat of Public Security. Francisco Rodríguez Cisneros, Undersecretary of Political and Social Development, reported that the standardized search protocol was immediately activated with the participation of authorities from the three orders of government. He called on the public to collaborate with any information that can help locate him through anonymous complaints to the number 089. What is the security situation in Taxco? Both disappearances occur in the context of a reinforcement of security in Taxco, a municipality that has maintained close coordination with state and federal agencies. The next day, transporters blocked access to Taxco to demand his release. As part of these actions, the local city council ceded control of its C-2 video surveillance system to strengthen strategies against crime. In recent weeks, joint operations have yielded significant results. One of them was on March 26, when authorities managed to secure four warehouses, detain seven people, and dismantle a network dedicated to collective extortion, which imposed illegal charges on LP gas and basic basket products, alcoholic beverages, and soft drinks. On April 8, Juan 'N', alias 'El Goku', was arrested, identified as a suspected drug distributor and generator of violence in the northern region of Guerrero.
