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| Caribbean-Latin America |
| Mexican Marines Find Military Arms Cache in Coahuila |
| 2011-06-07 |
| For a map click here. For a map of Coahuila, click here Mexican military units in Coahuila have seized two large munitions caches in east central Coahuila Friday and Sunday, according to Mexican news accounts. Friday a Mexican Army unit seized an munitions cache in San Buenaventura municipality, including 154 rifles, 20 handguns, 92,039 rounds of ammunition, a rocket launcher and two RPG rockets. San Buenaventura is roughly 15 kilometers northwest of Monclova, Coahuila. Also near Monclova Sunday, a Mexican Marine unit seized a munitions cache which included 80 rifles, 20 handguns, two rocket launchers, 50,150 rounds of ammunition, 880 weapons magazines, three kilograms of explosives labeled "Emulgel, four hand grenades, two 40mm grenades, and a ton of fireworks. The area around Monclova has recently been the location of several counternarcotics operations by elements of the Mexican Army and Marines. To read Rantburg reports on Mexican counternarcotics operations in and around Monclova, Coahuila, click here and here. The munitions caches are said to belong to Loz Zetas criminal drug gang. |
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