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Note: Another year on the border, and as usual some of these will be
of more interest to some than others.
Also another year gone by with Mex. govt. still not releasing info on
firearms imports to the UN Arms Registry, nor numbers on desertions
from Mex. military.


Note: the occasional make, model and serial number. Happy New Year
to us.
Coahuila borders TX

"Zetas" kidnap and murder of four women in Coahuila
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DECEMBER 31, 2012 · 2 COMMENTS
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http://www.proceso.com.mx/?p=329239

Saltillo., (Proceso.com.mx.) - Members of the criminal group "Los
Zetas" deprived of their liberty and executed four women who they
threw in a clandestine grave in the town of Buenaventura.

Moreover, criminals kept kidnapped four others who "would be killed",
reported the Attorney General of the State (PGJE).

"Staff of the Deputy of Research and People Search not located in a
clandestine grave found four female bodies in Buenaventura," said a
statement from the PGJE.

The "narcofosa" was located thanks to the Navy who captured a woman
first and then to three members of a cell belonging to the criminal
organization "Los Zetas" in the city of Monclova.

The elements of the navy on Sunday captured Juanita Villegas
Elizabeth Ibarra, "La Chave", 22, originally from San Buenaventura,
who placed the safe house where there were three detainees and hostages.

Criminals were in a home in Colonia Las Flores in Monclova when they
were located by the Navy who reached the home and who were attacked
with bullets.

In the safe house agents Marina "rescued four people alive who held
captive with signs of torture, tied hand and foot and seized an
arsenal of weapons for use by the Army and Air Force," the report

After a review in one of the bedrooms on the upper floor were four
hostages, who said that "criminals said would be killed."

Those arrested were identified with the names of Guadalupe Reyna
Martinez, Jesus Martinez Villanueva and Hugo Adan Lopez Alvarado.

"When the first investigations the accused said they had deprived of
life 4 women who were buried in St. Bonaventure."

In his first statement, both Guadalupe Reyna Martinez and Jesus
Martinez Villanueva report that took the lives of women because they
belonged to a group opposed to them.

The four bodies were found handcuffed "and two of them had the head
covered with black plastic bags and the cause of death was for head
trauma contusion".

"The ages of the victims now between 18 and 30 years, and the time of
death of 72 hours. PGJE personnel working in establishing the
identity of the victims, "the statement said.

Detainees were confiscated an arsenal of two fragmentation grenades
(hand) K-400, ovoid, olive green, with lot numbers: HWB95K605-029 and
EC-89E605.

Two percussion grenades M-118, 40 mm caliber, high explosive, olive
green and gold, a assault rifle AR-15 Rock River Arms brand, model
LAR-15, 5.56 x 45 mm caliber, illegible s/n (deleted ), American
manufacturing, retractable stock.

A pistol, brand Colt .38 Super, registration 29291, American
manufacturing.

Also: 21 magazines of up to 30 cartridges caliber 5.56 x 45 mm, (.
223) 6 magazines with a capacity of 30 cartridges caliber 7.62 x 39
mm.

Also: 1,301 cartridges caliber 5.56 x 45 mm caliber cartridges 150
5.7 x 28 mm and 95 cartridges caliber 7.62 x 39 mm and two aluminum
baseball bats.

"The defendants can achieve life imprisonment and a minimum sentence
of 60 years in prison on charges of homicide, illegal deprivation of
liberty and burial underground," the official statement.