AZMEX UPDATE 15 AUG 2019
Police seize $550,000 worth of cocaine in west Phoenix
Posted: 1:22 PM, Aug 15, 2019 Updated: 1:22 PM, Aug 15, 2019
By: Joe Enea
https://www.abc15.com/news/crime/police-seize-550-000-worth-of-cocaine-in-west-phoenix
Photo by: MCSO
PHOENIX — Police seized over a half-million dollars worth of cocaine during a drug bust in west Phoenix, according to court documents.
On August 9, Glendale police detectives were in the area of 59th Avenue and Thomas Road
where they allegedly saw two men meet and transfer a large box from a car to a truck.
The vehicles then left in different directions.
Police followed the truck which allegedly made several traffic violations.
After stopping the driver, identified at 31-year-old Miguel Angel Quintero,
police reportedly found 18 packages inside the box.
The packages were allegedly filled with cocaine and weighed a total of 48 pounds, according to court records.
Police say the value of the cocaine is about $550,000.
Quintero allegedly told police that he received a phone call telling him to go to 59th Avenue and Thomas Road to receive the box.
Quintero also allegedly said he was going home after receiving the box to await further instructions, according to police.
Quintero has been charged with possession of narcotic drugs for sale.
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Note; Mexico does not have the death penalty. Although many suspects end up dead.
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Mexico's president to seek extradition of El Paso mass shooting suspect
By: Associated Press
Posted: Aug 14, 2019 05:26 PM MDT
Updated: Aug 14, 2019 05:58 PM MDT
https://www.kvia.com/news/border/mexico-s-president-to-seek-extradition-of-el-paso-mass-shooting-suspect/1109366705
Mexico's president to seek extradition of El Paso mass shooting suspect
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
EL PASO, Texas - Mexico's president said he wants the United States to extradite the shooter
who killed 22 people at an El Paso Walmart store on Aug. 3, so he can be tried in Mexico, too.
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador made the call Wednesday in a speech in the southern state of Oaxaca.
The two countries have had in the past an arrangement in which a suspect convicted in one country
can be immediately extradited for trial in the other before serving his sentence in either country.
Authorities say 21-year-old Patrick Crusius confessed to the Aug. 3 shooting
and told investigators that he targeted Mexicans during the attack.
He's also suspected of posting a racist, anti-immigrant screed online before opening fire in the Walmart.
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Note: no mug shot.
US Border Patrol apprehends Interpol murder suspect from France
by David CrossThursday, August 15th 2019
https://cbs4local.com/news/local/us-border-patrol-apprehends-interpol-murder-suspect-from-france
SIERRA BLANCA, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — A citizen of France wanted on suspicion of murder by Interpol
was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol on Aug. 6 while illegally in the United States.
"This arrest highlights our law enforcement collaboration, including partnerships well beyond our borders.
This wanted international fugitive attempted to remain in the U.S. illegally
and was stopped by the diligent work of our Border Patrol agents," said Matthew J. Hudak, Big Bend Sector chief patrol agent.
Sierra Blanca Border Patrol agents said Marouana Bah, 30, was encountered on board a passenger bus
undergoing immigration inspections at the Sierra Blanca Immigration Checkpoint.
The Border Patrol said Bah was determined to be illegally in the U.S. and in possession of a passport that did not belong to him.
A records check on Bah revealed an active Interpol warrant for murder out of France.
Bah was processed according to applicable immigration laws, according to the Border Patrol.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations in Boston
will be taking the lead in this investigation going forward, the Border Patrol said.
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