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Guerrero: Mexican Navy Busts Cartel Leader, Seizes Weapons |
2010-07-12 |
Google Translate; Rewritten Elements of the Mexican Navy arrested leader of the cartel "La Barbie" in a small beach community near Acapulco, according to Mexican press reports. Tavira Gamaliel Aguirre, alias "El Guero Huetamo, alleged leader of drug cartel of Edgar Valdez Villarreal AKA "La Barbie" was arrested along with three alleged associates in Granjas del Märquez de Acapulco, where the Navy was conducting patrols. The navy had previously received reports of armed civilians and others acting suspiciously in the area. Just prior to the arrest elements of the Navy had observed two armed suspects riding in a car that arrived at a house. Arrested inside the house in addition to Aguirre were: Hermilo Aguirre Flores, 35, Antonia Aguirre Flores, 33, and Jaqueline Nava Jennyfet Soberanis, 23. The Navy also seized six rifles, a grenade launcher tube, five pistols, eight grenades, 41 magazines for various weapons, four 100 round disc magazines, 2,025 cartridges of various useful calibres, 10 grams of cocaine, 50 grams of marijuana and more than 140,000 pesos. The Barbie cartel is formerly part of the Leyva-Beltran cartel. |
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