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| Police official arrested in Rosarito assassination attempt |
| 2008-02-02 |
| Fun and games south of the border A top municipal police officer being investigated for participating in an assassination attempt of the city's director of public safety was taken into custody Friday by Mexican soldiers. Jose Luis Lugo Baez had been serving as a deputy commander of Rosarito Beach's 149-member police department. According to a statement from Baja California's Second Military Zone, the policeman was taken into custody after soldiers searching his house seized a package of marijuana, chargers for automatic weapons, police uniforms, and numerous bullets. charger for auto weapons?? Among the identification cards seized were a California driver's license with a Chula Vista address and a U.S. permanent resident card. Lugo Baez, 32, is among 13 police officers in Rosarito Beach being investigated by federal authorities in connection with the Dec. 18 assassination attempt on Jorge Eduardo Montero, the top public safety official in this city of 130,000 residents. Lugo Baez is also suspected of a series of other crimes, including kidnapping, homicide, and protection of organized crime, the statement said. Not quite Officer Friendly, is he? Rosarito's entire department was disarmed on Dec. 28, allowing investigators to check whether any weapons were used in the commission of a crime. Since then, state and federal police have been patrolling the city. At a news conference earlier Friday night at a Tijuana military base, Gen. Sergio Aponte Polito, commander of the Second Military Zone, said that a tip from a citizen had led to the officer's detention, and he urged more people to come forward. that could be hazardous... Flanked by two soldiers wearing masks and carrying automatic weapons, Lugo Baez shook his head and smiled as he stood and listened to the accusations. Badges? I don't have to show you no steenking badges! |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #2 charger for auto weapons?? No, a "Charger" is a device to load magazines faster and with less effort, it's really useful for loading when you have either multiple magazines, or a very large magazine (As used in machine pistols and some machine guns) a different kind of "Charger" is used to lace up belts, as used in the .30 and .50 machine guns. It's a very limited-use tool, not usually found outside of a Military Armory. it's very posession implies that you intend to fire a very large ammount of ammo. (Revolution?) |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-02-02 22:22 |
| #1 charger for auto weapons?? Well, the story is likely being translated from Mexican reporter speak to US reporter speak, so it could be anything. My guess is magazines for a assault rifle. |
| Posted by: Steve 2008-02-02 16:14 |