AZMEX UPDATE 25-2-16

AZMEX UPDATE 25 FEB 2016

Note: a series of big drug busts just south of the border.


Mexican Army confiscates drugs, vehicles and weapons
Details Published on Thursday February 25 2016,
Written by Editorial Staff

http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=67352

SLRC.

In coordination with authorities of the three levels of government.
In the municipality of San Luis Rio Colorado, Mexican Army personnel seized 172 kilograms of cocaine, 32 kilograms of heroin, 387 kilograms of 'crystal', two rifles, three handguns, cartridges of various calibers, an armored van and arrested two people.
The drug, weapons, vehicle and the detained were turned over to the Federal Public Ministry of San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora.
With actions like this the Mexican Army, in coordination with authorities of the three levels of government, reiterated it's commitment to the fight against organized crime and the pursuit of peace and security of the population.

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Army seizes shipment of "Cristal"
Details Published on Wednesday February 24 2016,
Written by Editorial / El Diario

http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=67341

. During the review and control operations that take place in the vicinity of Military Security Post "Cucapah" San Luis Rio Colorado, Son, Mexican Army personnel, said the following:

116 Kilograms of cristal.
1 Person arrested.

The drugs and person were made available to the Federal Public Ministry of San Luis Rio Colorado, Son.

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SEIZED IN MILITARY ZONE 45, 750 KILOS OF COCAINE at roadblock on AGUA PRIETA, SONORA-to JANOS, CHIHUAHUA road.
FEB 24, 2016
WRITTEN BY LA VEDAD DE AGUA PRIETA

http://laverdaddeaguaprieta.com/site/index.php/agua-prieta/item/904-decomisan-militares-de-la-45-zona-750-kilos-de-cocaina-en-reten-instalado-en-carretera-agua-prieta-sonora-janos-chihuahua

military stationed at the Military Zone 45 attached in Agua Prieta, in a roadblock on the road Agua Prieta, Sonora to Janos, Chihuahua, 750 kilos of drugs, which were transported in a truck Refrigerated Transport Company S.A. Pandas Trucking Seized de C.V. with economic number 55 bound for Tijuana, Baja California.

It is important to note that the drug has a value in the black market of about 26 million USD.

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Note: and then this one. If memory serves, not one drug or human smuggler has been prosecuted for extensive damage to this and other NM.


Man fined for harm to national monument
Ragged Top Mountain is the jewel of Ironwood Forest National Monument, the home of several endangered and threatened species and more than 200 prehistoric Hohokam sites.
Posted: Friday, February 26, 2016 9:18 am

http://www.trivalleycentral.com/casa_grande_dispatch/arizona_news/man-fined-for-harm-to-national-monument/article_848e019c-dca4-11e5-bdf2-1b1cd81f96c9.html

TUCSON (AP) — A Marana man has been sentenced to one year of probation and fined $10,000 for damages at the Ironwood Forest National Monument, parts of which are in Pinal County.
Federal prosecutors say 50-year-old John Samuel Rahe was accused of damaging vegetation and soil at the national monument near Red Rock.
He previously pleaded guilty to resource damage and littering in the case.
Prosecutors say Rahe drove his utility vehicle illegally off road within national monument boundaries last March.
He was accused of running over and destroying two small saguaros, a palo verde tree and more than 30 more cactuses and shrubs.
When his vehicle became stuck, authorities say Rahe attempted to free it by attaching its winch to an 8-foot saguaro, resulting in the cactus being toppled.
Rahe was sentenced last week in U.S. District Court in Tucson.

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