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Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin
2011-06-29
Posted by: badanov

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Mexican security forces have in different counternarcotics operations since June 20th seized 9,677 kilograms of marijuana, 1,027 kilograms of unprocessed marijuana, 289.6 kilograms of crystal methamphetimine, 84.4 kilograms of cocaine, 180 liters of liquid methamphetimine and $170,100.00 in cash

• Mexican Policia Federal agents arrested an individual and seized several stolen vehicles and weapons in Yautepec, Morelos June 23rd. Cooperating with a local business agents arrested Carlos Gomez Aguilar, 26, in Atlihuayan colony following a surveillance set up.

  Vehicles seized by agents include one Nissan X-Terra SUV, one Seat Leon Cupra SUV, one Chevrolet Captiva sedan, one Dodge Ram 2500 pickup truck, and one Chevrolet Lumina sedan. Only the Lumina was listed as not stolen.

  Munitions and drugs seized include 13,000 rounds of ammunition, one assault rifle, one submachine gun, three weapons magazines, one furniture, 28 packages of marijuana divided for retail sale and 12 radios.

• Mexican Policia Federal agents arrested a woman in Juarez, Chihuahua and took into custody two youths in her custody who were to be smuggled into the United States June 22nd. Susana Avila Vega was arrested at a safe house near the corner of calles Jesus Escobar and Manuel Jaramillo in the Delicias sector of Leyes de Reforma colony. The two youths, aged 16 and 15, were originally from Ecuador, and were to be taken to New York.
• Mexican Policia Federal agents seized an amount of money in US dollars and detained two individuals June 23rdin Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua. Agents at the Abraham Gonzalez International Airport searched the luggage of two passengers bound for Distrito Federal and found USD $120,100.00. Arrested included Santiago Tarango Martinez and José Joaquin Sosa. The men claimed the cash was part of a legitimate business transaction.
• Mexican Policia Federal agents seized an amount of cocaine in a traffic stop in San Luis Potosi June 24th and arrested two individuals, one of them having ties with La Familia Michoacana drug cartel. Agents stopped a couple who were travelling aboard a Chevrolet Silverado pickup truck on Mexican Highway 57 from Mexico state to Piedras Negras. The truck was taken into custody and to a PF facility in San Luis Potosi, where it was searched and 9.6 kilograms of cocaine were found in 18 packages. Arrested were Daniel Junior Ramirez, AKA El Baleado, and Cinthia Yaneli Avila Mejia , 24. Junior Ramirez is allegedly part of La Familia Michoacana criminal gang.
• Mexican Policia Federal agents arrested a top Los Zetas operative in Veracruz June 24. Albert Gonzalez Peña, AKA El Tigre, was arrested in Las Animas colony following PF surveillance operations in that area. Gonzalez Peña was allegedly Los Zetas' top operative in Veracruz and Mexico state, and is said to have run extortion and kidnapping operations in the state, as well as drug trafficking operations.
• Mexican Policia Federal agents arrested an individual and seized an amount of marijuana in Sonora June 24th following a traffic stop. Agents detained Jesus Manuel Castro Arellanes, 52, who was driving a Honda Accord on the Mexican National Highway 2 between Tijuana, Baja California and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora in Sonora state. The vehicle was taken to a PF facility where 105 kilograms of marijuana in several packages and wrapped in blankets were found.
• Mexican Policia Federal agents seized USD $50,000.00 in cash and arrested an individual at an airport in Guadalajara, Jalisco June 26th. Arrested was Edgar Noe Hernandez Carcamo who had the cash in a piece of carry-on luggage. Hernandez Carcamo protested the money was part of a legal transfer but was unable to provide proof.
• Detachments of the Mexican 2nd Military Zone seized a quantity of cocaine and methamphetimine in Baja California state in two separate incidents.
  • At checkpoint Sentinel on the Mexicali-Tecate highway an army unit found a vehicle with 74.8 kilograms of cocaine in 64 plastic packages, and 12.2 kilograms of methamphetimine in 19 packages.
  • In the San Antonio de los Buenos delegation in Tijuana, Baja California, soldiers detained three individuals aboard two vehicles and seized 17.4 kilograms of methamphetimine. Also seized were two handguns.
• Soldiers with the Mexican 8th Military Zone seized almost eight tons of marijuana in Tamaulipas state June 20th. The discovery was made in an underground reservoir in the village of Guardados de Abajo. A subsequent search of the area the next day turned up another 2,388 kilograms of marijuana.
• A unit of the Mexican 9th Military Zone seized a quantity of processed and unprocessed marijuana in Sinaloa state June 26th. The seizure took place in the village of Comanito in Mocorito municipality where 1,027 kilograms of unprocessed marijuana and 53 kilograms of processed marijuana.
• A unit of the Mexican 8th Military Zone seized two tons of marijuana in Tamaulipas state June 25th. The find was made in the village of Los Ãngeles in Miguel Aleman municipality where soldiers found 2,187 kilogams of marijuana in 324 packages hidden in brush.
• A detachment of the Mexican 9th Military Zone located a hidden drug laboratory in Sinaloa state June 26th. The lab was found in the village of San Antonio in the Culiacan municipality where soldiers seized 260 kilograms of methamphetamine, 180 liters of liquid methamphetamine, 145 liters of acetic anhydride, 610 liters of alcohol, 330 liters of toluene, 360 kilograms of sodium acetate, 300 kilograms tartaric acid, 450 kilograms of caustic soda and 20 kilograms of mercuric chloride, as well as various equipment and containers.