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- Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas: 828 Kilos of cocaine discovered in Transport truck
- BLO Boss 'El 2000' captured in Guasave, Sinaloa
- Secretive operation nets dozens of Sinaloa cartel members
Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas: 828 Kilos of cocaine discovered in Transport truck Posted: 01 Feb 2016 01:01 AM PST Lucio R. Borderland Beat from Reforma  The Federal Police (PF) said 828 kilograms of cocaine was discovered in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, where the load was being transported in a truck. Sources said that two individuals, identified as Christian David Pizaña Aquilar, 30, Martinez and Jorge Nájera Martínez, 23, were arrested. The drug was hidden in containers with double bottom. In conducting patrols, members of the PF noticed that a truck was driving recklessly, even wandering into the opposite lane. At kilometer 53 of 1085 Ignacio Zaragoza Road, at the junction with the road Victoria-Monterrey (La Aurora), the officers pulled over the vehicle for review. When the police asked the driver, Pizaña Aguilar, was where he was going and what was he transporting, he appeared shaky and nervous. He replied that he was coming from Veracruz carrying empty containers, on route to Monterrey. The vehicle and its crew, were moved to the premises of the Federal Police in Ciudad Victoria. In presence of authority ministerial the containers were inspected and found that 20 were empty. However, upon further inspection, they found 734 packages of cocaine, under the false bottoms, wrapped with plastic duct tape, about 828 kilos 998 grams of cocaine in total.  | ||
BLO Boss 'El 2000' captured in Guasave, Sinaloa Posted: 31 Jan 2016 07:53 PM PST Lucio R. Borderland Beat material from El Debate and BB  Francisco Hernández García, alias El 2000 or El Panchín , a leader of Beltran Leyva Organization, was arrested in Guasave, Sinaloa. He was the replacement for Hector Beltran Leyva. He was on the list of targeted criminal priorities, identified by the Mexican Government. He was in charge of drug trafficking to the U.S. from the States of, Chihuahua, San Luis Potosi, Coahuila and Sonora. Francisco along with his brother, Jose Manuel Hernandez Garcia, are also wanted in the disappearance of journalist Alfredo Jimenez Mota a reporter for El Imparcial, who vanished in April 2005. In 2007, in the city of Cananea Sonora, he is suspected of leading a shootout which left 23 dead, including 5 police. Two other police were found badly tortured. Details of the arrest have not been made public at this time.
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Secretive operation nets dozens of Sinaloa cartel members Posted: 31 Jan 2016 04:33 PM PST  DEA, FBI, BP, ICE were all a part of this, "Operación Mexicana Diablo Exprés"... Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman's cartel took another massive hit over the weekend after dozens of its members were arrested in a secretive cross-border operation, officials said. It's unclear, however, if Guzman's recent arrest had anything to do with the unusual operation by Mexican and American officials. The highly secretive, daylong law enforcement operation around the Arizona border with Mexico resulted in the arrest of two dozen alleged high-level members of the Sinaloa, according to a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman. The sting known as Mexican Operation Diablo Express took place all of Friday as numerous law enforcement agencies converged on Lukeville, Arizona, which sits on the border with Mexico.  Homeland Security Investigations, a unit of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, helped Mexican authorities nab 24 alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel, one of Mexico's biggest drug-trafficking organizations, who were operating around Sonoyta, Mexico, and the U.S. border, spokeswoman Gillian M. Christensen said. The DEA, FBI, Customs and Border Protection and Arizona state and local agencies were on hand to assist. "The targeted Sinaloa cell has been responsible for the importation of millions of pounds of illegal drugs, including marijuana, heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine, into the United States from Mexico during its existence. The organization is also responsible for the smuggling of millions of dollars in U.S. currency, along with weapons, into Mexico," Christensen said in a statement. The operation was conducted "with utmost secrecy" and took all day Friday as numerous law enforcement officers worked in both Lukeville and Sonoyta, bordering cities that are on the route to the Puerto Peñasco, the popular beach destination many Americans know as Rocky Point.  ICE helped Mexican federal police into the U.S. to keep them safe during the operation, Christensen said. The sting also netted the seizure of several assault-type weapons and hundreds of pounds of drugs. "ICE applauds the Government of Mexico for their bold action in taking down this criminal organization and for their continued pressure on the Sinaloa Cartel throughout Mexico," Christensen said. The arrests are the latest blow to the Sinaloa Cartel after the arrest of drug lord Guzman on Jan. 8, six months after he tunneled out of a top-security Mexican prison for the second time. The Mexican government says it is cooperating with an extradition request for Guzman from the U.S. As they await the extradition proceedings, Mexican officials are taking no chances with his detention. Guzman is now being moved around the maximum-security Antiplano prison on a regular basis. According to El Universal, he was in seven different cells over the course of his first five nights back at Antiplano. They make the cell changes at random, meaning he can spend hours or a couple days in any given location. The newspaper says prison staff have deployed sniffer dogs trained specifically to detect Guzman's distinct odor, installed hundreds of new cameras, and reinforced the concrete floors of at least some cells with steel. The 24 people arrested on Friday have not been identified. They are in the custody of Mexican authorities, and the U.S. will seek extradition.  CBS-News |
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