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Mexican Army units rescued 61 kidnapping victims and seized more than six metric tons of marijuana October 15th in Coahuila state, according to the Mexican Army official website.
In El Cenizo colony in Piedras Negras municipality army units found a safe house where 61 individuals were kept and used to work for drug gangs.
The victims has been abducted from several different states in Mexico and one individual was an Honduran national. All 61 victims were male.
Three unidentified men were arrested in the raid.
Meanwhile in Mexican Laguito colony of Piedras Negras, an army unit on patrol came across an abandoned trailer containing 6,240 kilograms of marijuana in 470 packages.
Also in El Mirador colony army units found three abandoned vehicles with several weapons magazines and rounds of ammunition aboard.
The area north of Saltillo, Coahuila, especially the road leading to Piedras Negras is known Los Zetas territory. In the last several weeks, Mexican Army and naval infantry forces in the area have seized large amounts of marijuana and weapons in the area.