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Caribbean-Latin America
Badanov's Buzzkill Bulletin
2011-07-16
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  • Mexican security froces seized a total of 959.94 kilograms of marijuana, 100 kilograms of opium gum, MP $126,850.00 (USD $10,797.66) in cash, 16.7 kilograms of ephedrine and 2 kilograms of marijuana seed nationwide since July 7th.

  • A unit of the Mexican 13th Military Zone seized an opium processing lab in Nayarit state July 7th. Seized materials included 100 kilograms of opium gum. Chemicals used in processing the opium included 80 liters of an unknown liquid, 100 liters of acetone, 10 kilograms of sodium carbonate, five liters of ammonium hydroxide, 35 kilograms of lime, 10 kilograms of ammonium chloride and various containers.

  • A detachment of the Mexican II Military Region seized an amount of marijuana and other drugs in a raid in Tijuana, Baja California July 7th. The unit was dispatched via a citizen's complaint to Anexa Roma colony in the Zona Centro delegation where soldiers arrested three individuals and seized 600.5 kilograms of marijuana and a small amount of crystal methamphetimine. Six vehicles were also seized in the raid.

  • A detachment of the 22nd Motorized Cavalry Regiment, 45th Military Zone conducted a raid on a warehouse in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora July 8th. The warehouse was located at the intersection of the Tamaulipas alley between calles 15th and 16th, where soldiers seized 39.2 kilograms of marijuana in 39 packages. Weapons seized included three rifles, one handgun, three grenade launcher attachments, 133 weapons magazines, 40 rounds of ammunition. A vehicle was also seized in the operation.

  • A unit of the Mexican 5th Military Zone conducted a search of a railway car in Samalayuca, Chihuahua and found 111.54 kilograms of marijuana hidden inside a false bottom of the car. The train the car was hooked up to was bound for Juarez.

  • A unit of the Mexican 13th Military Zone seized an amount of marijuana and weapons at a checkpoint on Mexican Federal Highway 15 in Nayarit state July 8th. The checkpoint was set up near Ruiz, where soldiers seized 8.7 kilograms of marijuana, a rifle and a vehicle. One individual was arrested.

  • A detachment of the Mexican 15th Military Zone seized weapons and arrested three individuals in Jalisco state July 8th. The raid took place at El Rancho El Tecolote in San Juan de los Lagos municipality where a number of weapons and munitions were seized. Included in the raid were nine rifles, one handgun, nine fragmentation grenades, 33 weapons magazines, 878 rounds of ammunition, three scopes for rifles, MP $25,040.00 (USD $2,131.44) in cash and other contraband and documents. Two vehicles were seized as well.

  • A unit of the Mexican 35th Military Zone arrested four individuals and seized a quantity of drugs, cash and equipment in Puebla state July 8th. The unit was in pursuit of a vehicle in Juarez municipality with four suspects who attempted to elude the unit. Soldiers stopped the vehicle and found small quantities of marijuana, glass methamphetimine, MP $82900.00 (USD $7056.58) in cash and radio equipment inside the vehicle. The four suspects were arrested and the vehicle and its contents seized.

  • A detachment of the Mexican 15th Military Zone with Mexican customs officials seized 50,100 ephedrine pills at the Guadalajara International Airport July 9th. The pills weighed a total of 16.7 kilograms.

  • A unit of the Mexican 24 Military Zone located a bag with marijuana seeds in Morelos state July 8th. The seeds were found near a toll booth on the Alpuyeca-Xoxocotla highway in Puente de Ixtla municipality. The seeds weighed a total of .2 kilograms.

  • A detachment of the Mexican 24th Military Zone at Playa del Carmen in the municipality of Solidaridad municipality in Quintana Roo state arrested a man and a woman after a citizen complaint about retail drug sales in the area July 9th. Soldiers found small amounts of cocaine and crack cocaine and MP $18,910.00 (USD $1,609.64) in cash.

  • A unit of the Mexican 43rd Military Zone located and destroyed a hidden drug laboratory in Coahuayana,Michoacan July 9th.

  • A detachment of the Mexican 4th Military Zone acting on a citizen's complaint located a building with a number of weapons inside in Hermosillo, Sonora July 9th. In the building in Bachoco colony soldiers seized 21 rifles, 81 weapons magazines, 19,000 rounds of ammunition, 60 tactical vests and two vehicles, one of them stolen.

  • A unit of the Mexican 5th Military Zone seized weapons and rugs at an address in Juarez, Chihuahua July 9th. The location was in the Minerva coliony and included two rifles, one weapons magazine, six rounds of ammunition, 300 grams of cocaine, three stolen trucks and tactical gear.

  • A detachment of the Mexican 7th Military Zone located several packages of drugs in Santa Catarina, Nuevo Leon July 8th. The raid took place in Prado de Santa Catarina and included 24 packages containing 200 kilograms of marijuana inside two vehicles.
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