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Mexican authorities seize Mazatlán bar where Carlos Emilio was last seen
Federal authorities seized Terraza Valentino, a bar in Mazatlán, in the western Mexican state of Sinaloa.
Carlos Emilio Galván Valenzuela, a young man from Durango, was last seen there on October 5, 2025.
The federal prosecutor’s office is investigating his disappearance as a possible kidnapping linked to organized crime, based on the case file’s designation.
The state prosecutor’s office handed its case materials to federal authorities in February 2026.
His mother says the seizure is only a step, and has called for investigators to examine all evidence and follow every lead, including those involving powerful figures.
The investigation must now continue, but no further steps are specified.
Federal authorities seized the building housing Terraza Valentino in Mazatlán, where Carlos Emilio Galván Valenzuela was last seen.
The operation took place on October 24, 2026, involving the FGR, the SSPC and the National Guard.
Galván Valenzuela, from Durango, disappeared on October 5, 2025.
His mother, Brenda Valenzuela Gil, called the seizure progress but urged investigators to pursue all leads without exception.
- Who
- Federal prosecutors, security personnel and the National Guard seized the property. Carlos Emilio Galván Valenzuela was last seen there.
- What
- Authorities seized the building where Terraza Valentino operated as part of the investigation into Galván Valenzuela’s disappearance.
- When
- October 24, 2026.
- Where
- Terraza Valentino, on Camarón Sábalo Avenue in Mazatlán’s Zona Dorada, Sinaloa, Mexico.
- Why
- The property is where Galván Valenzuela was last seen. The investigation is being handled as a possible kidnapping linked to organized crime, according to the case file designation described in the article.
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Carlos Emilio Galván Valenzuela was last seen at Terraza Valentino.
Sinaloa’s state prosecutor’s office transferred its case materials to the FGR, which formally took over the investigation.
Brenda Valenzuela said Ricardo Velarde Cárdenas and state deputy prosecutor Isaac Aguayo Roacho had been called to appear in the case.
Federal authorities, the SSPC and the National Guard seized the building housing Terraza Valentino.
- Missing person
- Carlos Emilio Galván Valenzuela
- Last seen
- October 5, 2025
- Seized property
- Terraza Valentino, Mazatlán
- Seizure date
- October 24, 2026
- Case file
- FGR/FEMDO/FEIDMS-SIN/0001330/2026
What people are saying
an advance in an investigation that still owes a debt to my son, to me and to the whole family
with rigor, without omissions or distinctions, even when lines of inquiry reach figures who have occupied positions of political power
no line should stop before power
no evidence should go unexamined