Rachid Ali Jalifi, 36, from Metro Vancouver, went missing in Guadalajara, Mexico, in late July 2019. The exact date of his disappearance is unclear; family last heard from him in late July and later learned his phone had been disconnected. Canadian consular officials engaged with Mexican authorities and provided assistance to his family after he was reported missing.

Jalifi’s name had been linked to investigations in British Columbia: court records note a 2012 police stop in Vancouver where a substantial amount of cocaine was found in a taxi he occupied, and he had a conviction for assault. At the time he vanished he was reportedly a person of interest in ongoing investigations in British Columbia, including an alleged money laundering inquiry. The primary question remains what happened to him in Guadalajara in late July 2019.

Did anyone in Guadalajara or the Vancouver area have contact with Rachid around that time or information about his travel there?