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Caribbean-Latin America
Sonora: Seven Bad Guys Placed in Detention; Weapons Seized
2010-06-18
Babelfish
A total of seven suspected members of organized crime were placed in 40 days preventative detention after they were caught with a number of military weapons, according the Mexican news daily, El Imparcial.

The arrests took place in two separate cases in the Mexican state of Sonora.

Clemente Portillo Valenzuela, Santos Bernavé Oros and Abel Germän Germän were stopped by elements of the Mexican Army 4th Military Zone June 12th near the community of Sierra de Yécora riding aboard a Ford King Ranch pickup truck. The military discovered four rifles, a pistol and 516 weapon cartridges. One the the rifles seized was a .50 caliber Barrett rifle.

On June 13th Oralia Granillo Redondo, Fidel Osorio Ortega, Rubén Guerra Rivera and Javier López López were arrested in the community of Cerro Prieto by the Mexican Army.

The suspects were found with five AK-47 assault rifles, an AR-15 assault rifle, about 1,300 rifle cartridges, a Chevrolet sedan and a tactical vest.

Mexican federal law permits state attorneys general to seek detention without charge of suspects for 40 days under special circumstances.
A silly question: Do Mexican gangsters all drive American cars. the way they drive Toyota trucks in jihadi countries? It's just that I've noticed in badanov's reports from south of the border that many of the stories report the vehicle the victim was driving, and they all seem to be American ones. I don't know enough about cars to know if they're late-model or not.
Where do you think the stolen vehicles in Texas go? Due south, especially high end pickup trucks like the King Ranch F-150.
Posted by:badanov

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A silly question: Do Mexican gangsters all drive American cars. the way they drive Toyota trucks in jihadi countries?

Depends on the victim. For example the second seizure in Sonora was a Chevrolet... Corsica, an old model phased out years ago.

For example, the kidnapping ring busted yesterday one of the seized vehicles was a Nissan Maxima, and another was a Chysler Cirrus.

The running battle in Acapulco the day before with Mexican marines, they seized a Jeep Compass, two Ford sedans, a Honda Accord and a Volkswagen Jetta.

The Ford pickups seem to be the most popular for both bad guys and victims, and Jeeps are used often, but bad guys will ride whatever they can get their hands on.

Carjacking is big business in Juarez.

Bad guys and probably everyone else in Mexico drive what they can get their hands on; about what I and half the population does.
Posted by: badanov   2010-06-18 17:33  

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