Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin
2011-06-15
Posted by: badanov
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Mexican security forces nationwide seized 5,970 kilograms of marijuana, 2,049.90 kilograms of methamphetimine, 32.10 kilograms of cocaine, 2.60 kilograms of raw peyote, 14 kilograms of heroin, and USD $29.542.41 in cash since June 7th.
- Mexican Policia Federal seized more than 132 kilograms of marijuana in Guanjuato last Thursday. Arrested was Vicente RodrÃÂguez Golpero who was ordered to pull over while driving a pickup truck in Dolores Hidalgo, Guanjuato. Acting on suspicions about the cargo aboard the truck, the vehicle was moved to a Policia Federal facility in Leon, Guanjuato where a search found the drugs glued inside of plastic boxes.
- Mexican Policia Fdereal agents seized 2.85 kilograms of heroin in Sinaloa state last Wednesday. Agents detained VÃÂctor Manuel Silvano Manzo , 44, at a checkpoint in Escuinapa on the Escuinapa-Guajolote Bridge road after agents found a suspicious modification in the passenger side door of the car Silvano Manzo was driving. The car was moved to a Policia Federal facility where the door was dismantled and the heroin was discovered.
- Mexican Policia Federal agents seized 179 kilograms of marijuana from an abandoned minivan in Sonora Thursday. A Policia Federal patrol found a Toyota Sienna minivan on Mexican Federal Highway 15 near Nogales, Sonora with its doors left open and no driver. The minivan was found to have been stolen from Nevada in April, although it had a different license plate.
- Mexican Policia Federal agents detained Cohaila Freddy Valerio, 57, a US citizen, after 2.60 kilograms of raw peyote were found in his luggage. The detention took place at the Mariano Escobedo Monterrey International Airport Thursday. Agents' suspicions were raised while Valerio was at a ticket counter and a search ensued where agents found the cactus.
- Mexican Policia Federal agents detained two men and seized more than 130 kilograms of marijuana in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua Friday. Agents detained Hector Martin Ulivarria, 48, of Sinaloa, and Ismael Contreras Roman, 27, of Chihuahua near the intersection of calle Cactus del Desierto and Taräntula in the Colinas del Norte colony and searched a Chevrolet Silverado extended cab pickup truck finding 139 kilograms of marijuana in the back seat hidden among five bags of dog food.
- Mexican Policia Federal agents detained a Columbian national and seized more than USD $29,000.00 in cash at the Mexico City airport Sunday. Detained was Mauricio Fernando Muñoz, 27, whose shoes were searched after agents detected the smell of glue during a random checks of the airline passengers who were bound for Bogota, Columbia. Agents found USD $29,500.00 wrapped in several plastic bags. Inside the detainee's luggage agents also found MP $500.00 (USD $42.41).
- A detachment of the Mexican 9th Military Zone discovered a large amount of drug and weapons in the Badiraguato municipality of Sinaloa state last Wednesday. Soldiers found abandoned 1,190 kilograms of marijuana hidden in foliage in the Sindicatura de Surutato. Also found were 27.9 kilograms of marijuana seeds, nine kilograms of poppy seed, eight rifles, two handguns and eight weapons magazines.
- A unit of the Mexican 9th Military Zone found a hidden drug laboratory in Sinaloa state Wednesday. In the village of Higueras de Culiacancito in the Cruz de Elota municipality 10.1 kilograms of methamphetamine were found along with 3 liters of liquid methamphetamine, one kilogram of methamphetamine in semi-solid form, 440 liters of toluene, 360 kilograms of tartaric acid, 350 liters of ethanol. 50 liters of hydrochloric acid and 40 liters of red caustic soda. No detainees were reported.
- A detachment of the Mexican 45th Military Zone found a truck with a false bottom and a large amount of marijuana hidden inside in Sonora state Saturday. The seizure took place in Nogales in the Granja colony where soldiers found 2,830 kilograms of marijuana in 344 packages. One unidentified man was detained at the scene.
- A unit of the Mexican 6th Military Zone in Coahuila state seized a large amount of methamphetamine and heroin Sunday. The seizure took place in Castaños municipality where soldiers found four underground water tanks containing 1,998 kilograms of methamphetamine in 958 packages and 11.2 kilograms of heroin in 10 packages.
- A detachment of the Mexican 13th Military Zone detained five unidentified individuals and seized more than a ton of marijuana in Nayarit state Sunday. The bust took place in the village of Los Mezquites in the Ixtlan del Rio municipality where 1,500 kilograms of marijuana, three vehicles, one rifle, two handguns, five weapons magazines and 102 rounds of ammunition were seized.
- A unit of the Mexican 14th Military Zone searched a tourist shuttle bus in Aguascalientes and seized an amount of drugs. The search took plce in Cosio municipality where soldiers found 32.10 kilograms of cocaine, 11.70 kilograms of methamphetamine (Ice) and 18.90 kilograms of methamphetamine (crystal) in the bathroom of the vehicle.
- A detachment of the Mexican 35 Military Zone arrested an unidentified man and seized an amount of drugs and weapons in Guerrero state Sunday.The arrest took place in the village of Tenamazapa in the Tlacoapa municipality where soldiers seized 7.30 kilograms of opium gum, three rifles, three handguns, three weapons magazines, 2,273 rounds of ammunition and two vehicles.
- A unit of the Mexican 36th Military Zone found an amount of methamphetamine in Chiapas state Sunday. The drugs were found on a farm near the village of Santa Teresa y Guadalupe in the Tapachula municipality, where 11.2 kilograms of methamphetamine were found buried.