US Embassy Officials Warn Americans Not to Use Dating Apps to Meet People in Mexico

The U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara says American citizens have been kidnapped in the Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit areas.

An American flag flutters in the wind at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Jan. 24, 2022. Gleb Garanich/Reuters

U.S. embassy officials in Mexico this week confirmed reports of American citizens having been kidnapped in Mexico by people they met on dating apps.

Confirming those reports, the U.S. Consulate General Guadalajara said that U.S. citizens were kidnapped in the Puerto Vallarta and Nuevo Nayarit areas in recent months after meeting the individuals on a dating app.