Marines seized more than a ton of cocaine and arrested six suspected cartel members in the northern state of Coahuila, Mexico’s navy department said Wednesday.
The confiscated drugs have an estimated market value of $19 million and the men in custody are thought to be members of the Los Zetas cartel, according to an official statement.
Intelligence data laid the basis for Tuesday’s “special” operation targeting a ranch about 40 kilometers (25 miles) from the city of Monclova, a navy department spokesman told Efe.
Besides the cocaine, marines seized five rifles, a grenade-launcher, munitions and an armored vehicle from the six suspects found at the scene.
The marines also came across what appeared to be a Los Zetas “rest house” filled with “personal effects, documents and valuable information” regarding the location of the cartel’s leaders, the navy department said.
The troops subsequently discovered another house that was being used to store cars, luxury SUVs, armament and communications gear, as well as workshops for armor-plating vehicles.
Founded by deserters from an elite Mexican special forces unit, Los Zetas has earned a reputation as perhaps the most brutal of Mexico’s drug cartels.
Source: EFE
Bravo..a loss like that stings for the Zetas but there's more work to do.
ReplyDelete19 million?...wow someones gonna be piiiiiiissed.
ReplyDeleteCongrads GOOD JOB!! The Z outfit needs grief,along with all the others.
ReplyDeleteSomebody has the intel gathering process down pat. Bravo for them, and hopefully seizures like this will increase throughout Mexico.
ReplyDeleteI need to se pictures of the vehicle and of the people because i was kidnaped by the z by that location if you could put pictures so i can comfirmed the capture of my kidnapers
ReplyDeletetank you
...good work... the fukn Z needs to suffer more hits like this
ReplyDeleteCoahuila Governor Humberto Moreira sure is going to be troubled over this, we sure can expect much more violence over this loss.
ReplyDeleteTexcoco Mex said.
ReplyDeleteThis is exactly the type of thing I like to read.
Ouuuuuuch!!!!
ReplyDeletesure would be nice to have 3 or 4 of those bails to build a nice retirement plan, huh?
ReplyDeleteThey need to waterboard interogate the captured zetas.
ReplyDeletesomeone is going to pissed and lots of people or going to die over this
ReplyDeleteahahahah eso les pasa por idiotas puro cartel del golfo mamasitas
ReplyDeletesorry to disappoint anyone but for this one ton they got the zetas got across 19 others.
ReplyDeleteSo who ends up with ownership of the Ton, CDG? That is my guess. Why waste 19 million? Share the wealth at the cost of the Zetas! It has always been that way. The photographs are over, now they will get down to distributing their new treasure. It has always been this way. Later they will burn a Ton of flower guarded by 40 soldiers.
ReplyDeleteGood
ReplyDeleteHope they use this newfound evidence swiftly. Ha! Getting better though. Gotta break them at the bank. Confiscate the weapons and other armory.
ReplyDeleteWaterboard? Hah thats fake torture. Im sure mexico uses the real stuff
ReplyDeleteMy guess is this:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/05/mexican-marines-capture-comandante-7.html
Had something to do with the seizure.
i didnt know mexico had marines i though marina meant navy???
ReplyDeleteYou just got to read this awesome article about phone hacking.
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