Search is on for Montrealer missing in Peru as police focus on hostel

Police in Peru have begun a criminal investigation into the disappearance of 22-year-old Montrealer Jesse Galganov, according to his mother.
The young man left Montreal last month for what was to be an eight-month backpacking trip through South America and Southeast Asia. On Sept. 28, Galganov texted his mother, Alisa Clamen, from Lima to tell her he would be out of contact for a few days because he was heading out on a four-day hike on the Santa Cruz trek, a popular route through the Cordillera