Tuesday May 11, 2010
Tijuana, BC .- Francisco Javier Cossio
Gutierrez of the Attorney General of the Republic (PGR)
in Baja California, announced that the recent seizures
of drugs in the region, mainly marijuana, come from
at least two different cartels other than the Arellano
Félix, which continues its operations.
The federal official said that some of the past seizures
of the drug came from the states of Michoacan and Sinaloa,
specifically, the organization "La Familia Michoacana"
and the cartel led by Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman.
He noted that this is an indication that other criminal
groups intend to take over the state's drug trade, especially
after the capture of Teodoro Garcia Simental, "El
Teo" and Raydel Lopez Uriarte, "The Crutches"
last February in La Paz, Baja California Sur.
For its part, the Commander of the Second Military
Zone, General Alfonso Duarte Mugica, said that with
military deployment in the state, in coordination with
civil authorities, there have been historic drug seizures,
regardless of their merits in the overall picture.
He added that most of these seizures were made in military
checkpoints"The Sentinel", located
in Mexicali-Tijuana highway, as well as "The
Curio" of the Mexicali-San Felipe road.
Both officials on Tuesday oversaw the incineration
of more than 46 tons of marijuana, marking a historical
precedent in regard to drug quantity destroyed by civil
and military authorities.
In total, 46,354 kilos of marijuana were destroyed,
12 kilos of cocaine, 3 kilos of heroin, 321 kilos of
methamphetamine, 10 psychotropic pills, and 32 marijuana
farms.
Gutierrez Cossio said that part of the conetents of
the incineration were drugs that had been seized since
1994 and were stored by the federal gov ernemtn as part
of an investigation. Their destruction was carried out
under a court order.
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