AZMEX UPDATE 1-12-17

AZMEX UPDATE 1 DEC 2017

Note: busy down south.


They seize a ton of marijuana and magazines in Álamos (Son)
Details Published on Thursday November 30, 2017,
El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=102152

Hermosillo, Son

The Attorney General's Office (PGR), in its Sonora Delegation, during search, secured more than one ton of marijuana and six magazines, in Álamos, Sonora.

Elements of SEDENA, (Army) in coordination with personnel from the Criminal Investigation Agency (AIC), ensured the following: 89 plastic bags, 38 packages, four cardboard boxes; 19 sacks, all containing marijuana, shedding a gross weight of one ton 292 kilos;
five magazines for long weapon; a magazine for a short weapon.

The search was carried out in compliance with a search warrant, in Colonia Macorahui, in Álamos, Sonora; no one was arrested.

The items remain at the disposal of the Public Ministry of the Federation, attached to the Deputy Attorney's Office for Regional Control, Criminal Procedures and Amparo (SCRPPA), in its Delegation in Sonora, who continues to integrate the corresponding investigation folder.
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Seize a ton of cocaine
Details Published on Thursday November 30, 2017,
El Diario
http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=102207

SLRC.

Mexican Army personnel carried out the seizure of more than one ton of cocaine hidden in a load of lemons, as well as several kilos of heroin and methamphetamine, in the strategic check point of Cucupáh in the municipality of San Luis Río Colorado.

The Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) through the 45th Military Zone announced that this was made on November 29. The agency reports indicate that the seizure was carried out in coordination with federal and state authorities. The report states that a cargo vehicle from the center of the country was inspected at the checkpoint, which was transporting lemons, and among boxes found dozens of packages containing different types of prohibited substances.

A total of 964 packages of cocaine were seized, which yielded a weight of 1,130.3 kilograms, as well as seven packets of beige heroin, weighing 18.8 kilograms.
They also detected another five packages that contained white heroin weighing 5.4 kilograms and 16 packets of methamphetamine weighing 12.6 kilograms.

The driver, the vehicle and the cargo were placed at the disposal of the federal authorities in San Luis Río Colorado, with the drugs being safeguarded.

With actions as it is, the personnel of the Mexican Army and Air Force ratify their commitment to Mexican society.

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Update:

BP agent killsGuatemalan in Arizona
manuel POSTED ON 01/12/2017 0 212 Views 0
Omar Chiquete
http://nuevodia.com.mx/2017/12/01/mata-agente-de-la-bp-a-guatemalteco-en-arizona/
New Day / Nogales, Arizona

Border Patrol agents revealed information about a recent incident in which an undocumented immigrant died after being shot by a federal agent who was shot after struggling and trying to snatch the gun from another agent. A US Border Patrol agent reportedly fired his firearm and hit the aggressive individual around 11:30 am on Wednesday, November 29, in an area of ​​the Baboquivari Range, west of Three. Points, Arizona.

Two agents followed a group of undocumented migrants through a rugged mountainous area in response to the activation of a sensor. Both agents found the group about 21 miles north of the United States-Mexico border. One of the subjects attacked an agent who was trying to arrest him and tried to take the firearm, so the agent's partner shot him for the aggressiveness and endangering the life of the Border Patrol element.
An agent suffered injuries that did not endanger his life during the assault, so he was transported to a hospital in Tucson for treatment.

The agents arrested three members of the group, all adults, of Guatemalan origin, for immigration violations.

"The incident evidences the threat and dangers that our agents face on a daily basis to protect our borders and communities. I am proud of these men and women who keep us safe, "said Chief of Border Patrol of the Tucson Sector, Rodolfo Karisch.

The lead investigative agency is the Tohono O> odham Nation Police Department, jointly supported by the FBI and the CBP Office of Professional Responsibility.

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