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Mexican security forces have seized 1096 kilograms marijuana, 29 kilograms of cocaine and 24 kilograms of opium gum in counternarcotics operations in Mexico nationwide since May 28th, as well as a number of weapons and some cash.
- One man was killed in a shootout with Mexican Federal Policia (PF) Monday PF agents say was the capo involved in the Pacifico drug cartel. Daniel Martinez Vargas, AKA The Mojo, died and Elba Soto Martinez, 29, was wounded in a shootout June 6th in Cuernavaca, Morelos. Martinez Vargas used local police contacts to monitor opposing criminal rival groups as well as Mexican security forces, and was the replacement for Miguel Angel Cedillo Gonzalez, AKA El Pica who was arrested in April. Cedillo Gonzalez succeeded Edgar Valdez Villarreal, AKA Barbie, who was killed in a Mexican Army raid at his villa in Zapopan, Jalisco in late July, 2010.
- Mexican Policia Federal agents arrested two individuals June 5th they say murdered two Policia Federal Preventiva (PFP) agents in November, 2004.
Alicia Luna Zamora, AKA La Gorda and Eduardo Torres Montes were arrested near the Ajusco colony in Distrito Federal. A video was found in a home owned by the couple in December, 2004 which implicated the two in the abduction and the beating death of two PFP agents in Distrito Federal in the village of San Juan Ixtayopan, in the Tlahuac delegation in Distrito Federal.
A third agent survived his wounds sustained in the beatings. - Mexican Policia Federal agents arrested 18 individuals they say were involved in the theft and sale of oil in Colima state June 4th.
Agents also seized a number of equipment used in the transport and storage of stolen petroleum products including six trucks, two trailers, pumping equipment, weapons and munitions and more than 432,400 liters of petroleum products in several 200 liter containers and in transport tanks.
Arrested were Antonia Sanchez Sedano, 65, Hernando Ramon Olvera Canales, Ezequiel Celestino , 34, Gregorio Radillo Rodriguez, 25, Rigoberto Radillo Rodriguez Radillo, Jesus Alberto Morfin Angulo , 21, Manuel Arturo Zepeda Hernandez, 21, Arturo Perez Meza, 56, Luis Eduardo Gomez Trujillo, 22, Ernesto Flores Francisco, 71, Mario Rodriguez Gutierrez, 39, José Antonio "N", 16 and Enrique "N",16. - Mexican Policia Federal agents in Cancun, Quintata Roo arrested VÃÂctor Manuel Perez Izquierdo , AKA El Siete Latas, 30, a man they say headed the Los Zetas criminal organization in Quintata Roo.
The arrest was made incident to a traffic stop near the corner of avenidas Cancun-Kantunil and Chigthechen Itza in Cancun where Perez Izquierdo attempted to elude Policia Federal agents in his Pontiac G6.
Also seized in the arrest was an AR-15 assault rifle with ammunition, quantities of marijuana and cocaine divided for retail sales, a currency counting machine, a scale and a radio.
Information on this latest arrested was derived from interrogations of 10 suspected Los Zetas arrested May 28th.
Pérez Izquierdo was also security chief for Los Zetas in Quintana Roo and could be implicated in murders of rival groups, and in kidnapping and extortion operations for Los Zetas in Cancun. - Policia Federal agents arrested two top members of the Pacifico Sur cartel June 2nd in Cuernavaca, Morelos they say ran murder, kidnapping and extortion operations for the group.
Candido Ramos Perez, AKA Base 40, and Agenor Ferreira Romero, 32, were arrested at the conclusion of a vehicle pursuit in Highway 95 at the border of Morelos state and Distrito Federal.
Ramos Perez ran a network of about 40 informants, colloquially known as falcons, that tracked the movement of Mexican security forces in the area, while former municipal police officer Ferreira Romero apparently coordinated the cartel informants.
A subsequent raid on two residences in Milpillas and Buenavista colonies in Cuernavaca yielded a number of contraband including six assault rifles, one 9mm pistol, one .38 Special revolver, 418 rounds of ammunition, and three stolen vehicles: one Dodge Caliber SUV, one Jeep Patriot SUV and one Mazda sedan. - Policia Federal agents arrested 36 members of La Familia near the Jalisco-Michoacan border May 29th including two individuals they say shot a Policia Federal helicopter down May 24th.
Among those arrested in village of Las Lomas in the Jilotlan de los Dolores colony in Jaliso were Caudiyur Ambriz Altamirano, AKA El Yogurth, 34, of Michoacan, Cesar Barragan Valencia, AKA Caramelo, 24, of Jalisco and Gerardo Fernandez Covarrubias, AKA El Mofles, 37.
Although La Familia announced their dissolution in December 2010 following devastating Policia Federal and military confrontations, remnants have been fighting with a rival offshoot who called themselves Knights Templars.
Fighting took place on the Jalisco-Michoacan border roughly coinciding with the large Mexican Army counternarcotics operation in the last week in May.
Policia Federal reports also suggest that at least 15 members of La Familia and possibly Knights Templars were killed in several gunfights with Policia Federal agents during the last week in May.
Seized in the arrests were 70 AR-15 and AK-47 assault rifles, one Barrett .50 caliber rifle, 14 handguns, three grenades, 578 weapons magazines, 21,121 rounds of ammunition, 40 tactical vests, 14 tactical helmets and radio equipment. - Mexican Policia Federal agents seized 400 kilograms of marijuana May 27th near Hermosillo, Sonora.
Agents found the drugs at a checkpoint on the Hermosillo-Los Pocitos stretch of Mexican Federal Highway 15, which has its terminus in Nogales, Sonora on the US border.
Reyna Guerrero Ramirez, 38 and Trinidad Alberto Guillen Romero , 39 were arrested when their Ford sedan was searched by agents who found the drugs in 39 bundles wrapped in tape.
Dany Gonzalez Guillen , 27, and Juan Gonzalez Rodarte, 46, were arrested at the scene when agents determined the couple were with the arrestees. An Oldsmobile Cutlas was also seized in the arrest. - A detachment of the Mexican 9th Military Zone seized 49 kilograms of marijuana near the village of Pinole in the Culiacan municipality in Sinaloa state. The unit was on patrol when it found an abandoned one ton truck with the drugs inside.
In a separate raid in Sinaloa, an army unit seized 620 kilograms of marijuana near the village of Rancho Viejo, in the Badiraguato colony. The unit found two vans with the drugs inside parked a short distance from the road they were patrolling. - A detachment of the Mexican 9th Military Zone seized a large amount of cash in US denominations as well as other contraband in Sinaloa state June 1st.
The unit discovered a Chevrolet pickup truck on the Culiacan-Navolato road in the Bachigualato colony they determined had been abandoned by its owner because of the presence of Mexican security forces.
Seized were USD $500,000.00, one 9mm pistol magazine, one AR-15 magazine, five rounds of 9mm ammunition, and the Chevrolet pickup truck. No detainees were reported. - A detachment of the Mexican 13th Military Zone seized 29 kilograms of cocaine aboard a bus at a checkpoint in Acaponeta, Nayarit June 2nd.
The bus originated from Guadalajara, Jaliso and was bound for Culican, Sinaloa when it was stopped and searched.
Two unidentified men including the driver were arrested at the scene. - A units of the Mexican 35th Military Zone seized drugs and weapons while on patrol in Guerrero state June 3rd.
The unit found two abandoned stolen vehicles near the intersection of Carrizal de Bravo in the Leonardo Bravo municipality in Guerrero. Seized contraband included 24 kilograms of opium gum, 72 kilograms of poppy seed, 17 kilograms of marijuana, one rifle and eight rounds of ammunition. - A unit of the Mexican 7th Military Zone on patrol in the Niño Artillero colony in the Monterrey municipality June 2nd found an abandoned vehicle with one rifle, 13 rounds of ammunition, one bulletproof vest, a grenade and seven radio units.
In Martinez Dominguez colony in the Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon municipality, a unit of the Mexican 7th Military Zone arrested five individuals and seized two trucks, three rifles, two 40mm grenades, one 40mm grenade launcher, 26 weapons magazines, 580 rounds of ammunition and tactical gear. - A detachment of the Mexican 2nd Military Zones arrested 11 individuals in pursuit of a citizen complain of armed suspects in an area of Tijuana, Baja California.
Three suspects were arrested near the Hotel Palacio in the Hipodromo colony of Tijuana. Information provided by the detainees led security forces to eight more suspects and the weapons.
Seized materiel included 40 rifles, 48 handguns, 9.298 rounds of ammunition, 70 weapons magazines and a gas grenade.
Arrested were Jorge Hank Rhon, Marco Antonio Trinidad Gomez, Luis Alfonso Sanchez Solis, Rubén Muñoz Nava, VÃÂctor Manuel de la Torre Horta, Javier Marco Polo Ayala Roldan, Rigoberto Gonzalez Lopez, Cesar Perez Guerrero, Carlos Gonzalo Rizo Perez, Ramon Lopez Apodaca and Juan Ignacio Parra Santos. - A unit of the Mexican 7th Military Zone arrested six individuals and seized a quantity of cash and weapons in Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon.
The army unit pulled over individuals travelling in four vehicles seizing USD $912.00, a suitcase with jewelry, 79 weapons magazines, 1,130 rounds of ammunition and four vehicles.