By The Opinion
The mayor of Taxco de Alarcón, Juan Andrés Vega Carranzareappeared publicly after being kidnapped along with his father, in a case that federal authorities preliminarily attribute to the criminal group. The Michoacan Family.
Both were found alive after a coordinated operation between federal and state forces, reported the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection, Omar García Harfuch.
After his location, the mayor broadcast a video on social networks in which he thanked the institutional support and assured that he and his family are in good condition. “In the hardest moments you cling to your faith. Today I can say with peace of mind that we are doing well,” he said.
In his message, he also acknowledged the support of the federal government led by Claudia Sheinbaumas well as the governor of Guerrero, Evelyn Salgado Pineda, and the security corporations that participated in his rescue.
Likewise, he thanked the population of Taxco for their support during his absence.
#LoÚltimo 🔴The mayor of Taxco, Juan Andrés Vega, reappeared after being reported missing and later located alive.
“We are fine,” said the mayor after his reappearance pic.twitter.com/FCZtWyqfWV
— xevt – xhvt (@xevtfm) April 15, 2026
During a conference at the National Palace, Harfuch explained that The discovery was the result of intelligence work and deployments on land and in the air that made it possible to locate possible transfer routes to the State of Mexico, where they were finally protected by security authorities.
Subsequently, they were transferred to Guerrero to receive medical attention and give a statement before the ministerial authorities.
According to reports from the La Silla Rota site, the case began on Saturday, when Juan Vega Arredondo, the mayor’s father, was last seen after being intercepted on the Taxco-Cuernavaca highway. His vehicle was found abandoned a day laterwhich triggered a first search operation.
Hours later, the mayor himself went out to look for his father; However, he was also reported missing, which intensified security actions in the region. The authorities deployed more than 500 elements in municipalities of Guerrero, as well as in neighboring states such as the State of Mexico and Morelos, with support from the Secretariat of National Defense, the Navy, the National Guard and prosecutors’ offices.
According to the newspaper El Financiero, the authorities indicated that initially There was no formal complaint or financial demands for the kidnapping.which complicated the immediate classification of the case. However, an investigation into disappearance was opened, while evidence such as previous threats and the appearance of messages attributed to criminal groups were integrated.
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