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As 10 to 12 presumed gang members celebrated at a popular restaurant in the beautiful city of Puerto Vallarta on Monday, armed men attacked them and abducted them.

Preliminary results of the ongoing investigation revealed that all parties involved were members of criminal organizations. Those who were kidnapped, as well as the kidnappers, were gang members.

The Jalisco New Generation cartel is presently the dominant criminal force within the state. It has claimed supremacy over the powerful Sinaloa cartel in other parts of the Mexico.

The report was that four women were in the targeted group but were not kidnapped by the Gunmen and are now wanted by the authorities. All of the men abducted were identified as being from western states of Jalisco and Sinatra, Nayarit.

Alejandro Hope, City-based security analysts, that as they can’t identify who was taken, it is hard to say what the problem is. He was also surprised that the cartel members were taken without a single gun shot.

Jalisco Gov. Aristoteles Sandoval said that such level of violence would not be tolerated and that a rigorous search for the victims as well as the kidnappers is ongoing. “To all residents as well as the tourists of Puerto Vallarta, I assure you that we have made efforts to reinforce security so that you can carry on with your usual activities,” Sandoval wrote.

Puerto Vallarta Tourism Board announced in a statement that it feels deep regret about what it referred to as an “isolated” incident. It reassured the public that no tourists were kidnapped or injured during the attack.

“We don’t condone any violence,” said Agustin Alvarez, the present general director of the board, “be assured that authorities are beefing up security.”