AZMEX UPDATE 27 AUG 2018
Note: a busy AZMEX Monday.
Seize 21 kilograms of methamphetamine on I-19
Details Published on Saturday August 25, 2018,
Written by Marco A. Flores
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=117324
Nogales, Az
More than 21 kilograms (47 pounds) of methamphetamine were seized by Border Patrol agents at the checkpoint located on Interstate 19,
with the arrest of two men of American nationality.
Customs and Border Protection announced that officers of the Nogales Station discovered the illicit cargo inside a Nissan Titan,
which was driven by a man of 27 years, who was accompanied by another man of 28.
In an additional inspection and with the support of a trained dog,
the federal agents took 40 packages of the narcotic in the trunk, a shipment valued at more than 150 thousand dollars.
In another case, officers assigned to the "Raul Hector Castro" sentry box in Douglas, Ariz.,
Arrested another US citizen in possession of 167 kilograms (370 pounds) of marijuana during an operation this week.
The arrest of a 60-year-old man, who was driving a Chevy Silverado, and in a secondary inspection,
a canine agent of the Border Patrol detected several packages with the drug, valued at almost 190 thousand dollars.
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Find in Sonora and BC two narcolaboratories
Tribune of San Luis Monday August 27, 2018 in Police
https://www.tribunadesanluis.com.mx/metropoli/policia/hallan-en-sonora-y-bc-dos-narcolaboratorios
Just over 4 tons of the drug called "crystal" were found in a clandestine laboratory for the preparation of synthetic drugs,
at Kilometer 15, along the Tecate-Rumorosa highway, in the town of La Rumorosa, Baja California.
The finding was reported by personnel of the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena), belonging to the Second Military Region of Mexicali, Baja California,
who indicated that the drug was placed inside 10 tubs, with a capacity of 400 kilograms each.
The discovery was camouflaged in a ditch, among pine trees, where 10 metal boilers with a capacity of 500 liters each were secured,
4 metal filters with a capacity of 80 liters each and 6 metal condensers with hoses of 2 meters each.
Likewise, chemical precursors were collected consisting of 1 drum of 200 liters of acetone, 28 blue metallic drums of 200 liters with the Legend "Remover",
4 metal drums of 200 liters of ethyl alcohol, 2 metallic gallons with the legend "Cola",
15 brown colored tubs with a capacity of 500 liters each, containing reddish paste and green drug in process.
Other articles considered chemical precursors found in the place are 25 sacks containing light sodium carbonate, 6 sacks with Sodium Hydroxide,
19 sacks with an unknown white powder, 27 sacks of caustic soda, 10 metal drums of 200 liters each, containing acetone .
In the place it was learned that there was a camp with tents and provisions for 10 people who worked in that laboratory.
IN URES MINE
Elements of the State Public Security Police (PESP), during tours through municipalities of the Sonora River received an anonymous report
in which they referred to an abandoned mine difficult to access in the vicinity of the Ures-Rayón highway, and where they detected strong toxic odors
Attending to the denunciation, officials of the (PESP) in coordination with elements of the Secretariat of the National Defense (SEDENA) moved to the place,
locating a tunnel of a mine in apparent abandonment; when inspecting in their interior they found drums and drums with chemicals,
diverse utensils as tanks of oxygen and gas, used in clandestine laboratories for elaboration of synthetic drugs.
The officers immediately notified the authorities of the Attorney General's Office (PGR), to again conduct an inspection of the mine tunnel,
where they found more objects, as well as chemical precursors for the preparation of the drug known as crystal. .
Because they are toxic materials, and safeguarding the physical integrity of the agents of the PESP and SEDENA,
it was supported by a highly qualified personnel for the handling of chemical substances,
who was responsible for transferring the findings and making them available to the public. the PGR, instance that will follow up the investigation.
It should be noted that the PESP closed the entrance to the tunnel to prevent the entry of people outside the investigation
and to avoid possible damage to the health of the people of the region due to the strong odors emitted.
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Authorities seek 22 migrants kidnapped in Chiapas
Acurco with a testimony, the 'coyote' left the road, later forced them to enter a building, where they demanded the information of their families to pay their ransom
08/25/2018 20:25 GASPAR ROMERO / CORRESPONDENT
Authorities seek 22 migrants kidnapped in Chiapas
A score of immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala were kidnapped by a gang of criminals operating in the highland region of Chiapas. Photo: Special
https://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/autoridades-buscan-a-22-migrantes-secuestrados-en-chiapas/1260855
TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, CHIAPAS
Armed forces, as well as ministerial and federal police, are looking for a group of 22 immigrants who were kidnapped when they arrived at the municipality
of San Cristóbal de las Casas, where they were transported by a "coyote".
The state authority maintains close coordination with federal authorities, in order to locate them and that they can obtain their freedom as soon as possible,
said a source from the state government.
After the testimony of one of the victims who escaped from their kidnappers was heard, security was reinforced and an important task force
was deployed in San Cristóbal de Las Casas and nearby municipalities.
THE GROUP OF CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS IS KIDNAPPED IN CHIAPAS
A score of immigrants from El Salvador, Honduras and Guatemala were kidnapped by a gang of criminals operating in the highland region of Chiapas.
To free them, the kidnappers demand large amounts of money. So far, state and federal authorities remain in the search.
Among the immigrants are several minors; According to reports, the immigrants would have left the municipality of Comitán
aboard a van bound for Mexico City, guided by a trafficker of people.
However, on the Comitán stretch to San Cristóbal de las Casas, they had been intercepted.
At the moment the whereabouts are unknown.
The immigrants were going to the United States.
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