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Nuevo Leon: Mexican Army Seizes $1.3 Million in Cash, Drugs
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Elements of the Mexican Army operating in Monterrey in the Guadalupe municipality of Nuevo Leon Tuesday morning seized more than $1.3 million USD in cash, quantities of drugs, munitions and other contraband and arrested eight suspects, say Mexican press reports.

Mexican Army personnel observed an armed suspect carrying a firearm in the Riveras de Linda Vista district, who then fled inside a residence on Calle Santa Catarina. Inside the home, soldiers found a large amount of contraband.
  • $16,539,690 in cash in pesos ($1,311,997.68 USD)
  • $27,611 in cash in dollars
  • 2 rifles
  • 2 handguns
  • Cartridges: 47 .223; 33 7.62x39mm
  • 7 magazines
  • 200 kilograms of packaged marijuana
  • 1.7 kilograms cocaine
  • Jewelry
  • 8 radios
  • 6 cell phones
  • 3 computers
Eight individuals were arrested including two women: Hugo Daniel Lopez Jimenez, Ryan Smith Flores Garza, 21; José Puentes Lopez, 36; Ricardo Dorantes Lara, 22; Brenda Berenice Silva Monsivais, 19; Yesica Alejandra Alcantara Ochoa, 20; Ricardo Alejandro Lopez Reyna, 24; Juan Carlos Carmona Hernandez, 25.
Posted by: badanov 2010-08-11
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