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Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin
2011-10-09
Posted by: badanov

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Mexican Army units seized between September 29th and September 30th 11,359.72 kilograms of marijuana, 313.055 kilograms of methamphetamine and 170 liters of liquid methamphetamine in counternarcotics operations throughout Mexico

• An army unit with the Mexican 6th Military Zone came under small arms fire while on patrol in the eastern part of Saltillo, Coahuila September 29th. Soldier returned fire, but apparently their attackers escaped. One individual who had been held for ransom was released from captivity. The unit also secured five rifles, two handguns, 405 weapons magazines, 8,438 rounds of ammunition and 11 vehicles.


• A unit with the Mexican 9th Military while ion patrol in the village of Los Mayos in the Culiacan municipality discovered a synthetic drug laboratory. Seized contraband included 311 kilograms of methamphetamine, 170 liters of liquid methamphetamine, 180 kilograms of sodium acetate, 169 kilograms of caustic soda, 110 kilograms of tartaric acid, 150 liters of toluene, 250 liters of acetic anhydride, 300 liters of hydrochloric acid, 40 liters of an unknown substance, three reactors for organic synthesis up to 400 liters each, and other materials.


• A Mexican Army unit in Tamaulipas seized a large amount of marijuana September 27th. The unit was on patrol near the village of Rancherias in the Miguel Aleman municipality when soldiers came upon a cave with packages of marijuana hidden inside. Soldiers counted 163 packages with 1,163.4 kilograms of marijuana. Soldiers also found a rifle and a weapons magazine.


• A Mexican Army unit in Santiago, Nuevo Leon seized a number of weapons and detained 13 unidentified individuals. The unit had responded to a citizen's complaint of armed suspects on Avendia Benito Juarez in Rodriguez municipality. Seized weapons and contraband include four rifles, two handguns, 51 weapons magazines, 1,111 rounds of ammunition, 10 cells phones, two radios, six vehicles and one ATV.


• An army unit with the Mexican 45th Military Zone seized more than five metric tons of marijuana September 29th in Carborca, Sonora. The unit was on patrol in Carborca when they discovered a vehicle with 527 packages of marijuana. The total seized was 5,100 kilograms.


• An army unit with the Mexican 9th Military Zone seized a large amount of marijuana in Sinaloa state September 29th. The unit was on patrol in the village of San Javier in Sinaloa de Leyva municipality when it found 99 packages of marijuana totalling 1,125.5 kilograms of marijuana. A stolen vehicle was also recovered at the scene.


• An army unit with the 6th Military Zone seized one metric ton of marijuana in two locations in Coahuila state September 29th. The unit was dispatched to two locations in Piedra Negras from a citizen's complaint about the presence of armed suspects where they found 1,000 kilograms of marijuana and 5.9 kilograms of marijuana seeds.


• An army unit with the Mexican 8th Military Zone seized almost three metric tons of marijuana September 29th in Tamaulipas state. The unit was on patrol near the village of Rancherias in the Miguel Aleman municipality when a commander detected the odor of marijuana emanating from an abandoned house. Beneath the building soldiers searching found 560 packages of marijuana weighing a total of 2,967 kilograms.


• Army units with the Mexican 15th Military Zone seized a number of weapons and rugs in operations in three separate locations in Jalisco state September 30th.
  
  • In San Julian municipality along the San Julian-San Diego de Alexandria highway an army unit stopped a vehicle and detainee three unidentified armed suspects. Soldiers also found 2.055 kilograms of crystal methamphetimine, 3.32 kilograms of marijuana, small quantities of cocaine and crack cocaine, three rifles, three handguns, four weapons magazines, 39 rounds of ammunition and a vehicle.
  
  
  • In Jamay municipality an army unit dispatched on the basis of a citizen's complains concerning armed men in the area located one rifle, 50 rounds of ammunition, one weapons magazine, 1.4 kilograms of marijuana, small quantities of cocaine, crack cocaine, and glass methamphetimine, and a vehicle.
  
  
  • In the village of El Aguacate in Chimaltitan municipality, an army unit found three rifles, one weapons magazine and 50 rounds of ammunition.

Badanov's Burnt Blunt Special

An army unit with the Mexican 15 Military Zone incinerated several types of drugs and drug related mateials in El Sauz Sinaloa September 29th. Drugs destroyed by fire include 3,586.47 kilograms of marijuana, 263.389 kilograms of marijuana seeds, 12.75 kilograms of opium gum, 51.568 kilograms of poppy seed, 1.121 kilograms of cocaine, 274.19 kilograms of solid methamphetamine, 348.92 liters of liquid methamphetamine and 221 marijuana plants.