Sinaloa: Guasave Clash between Army and Chapito Isidro's Men

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Three airplanes, two vehicles and firearms were seized by the Mexican army after an armed confrontation that transpired with  members of organized crime which left one guy dead and three others were detained.

Apparently those involved in these incidents were members of a cell of suspected narcotics trafficker "Chapito" Isidro.

The individual shot dead, Leonardo Germán Higuera, alias "Chichi", was the brother of "Macaco", which is what Carlos Jesús Salmón Higuera is known as, who is chief of assassins for Chapito Isidro.

The corpse of the dead man was picked up quite a few hours after the shootout, since the soldiers did not allow access to the local authorities.

The incident occurred in the vicinity of a runway in the receivership of El Burrión,  in the municipality of Guasave. 

After the confrontation, Jesus Gaspar Romero Bojorquez, 59 years old, caretaker of the airplane hangar; Usiel Concha Fong, 40, farmer and pilot, and José Orlando Avilés Higuera, cousin of the deceased , were all arrested. They all live in the community El Chino de los López.

The suspects were transferred directly to Mexico City at dawn on Sunday by the staff of the Seido, who arrived aboard a Navy helicopter, which also conducted surveillance flights over the city of Guasave.

The seizure made by the soldiers consisted of three planes, two cars (a Cadillac and a Nissan Altima), three handguns.

The body of the deceased was under the guard of federal authorities waiting for someone to claim it.

The Army also is known to have captured another individual during a subsequent operation, in addition to the seizure on Sunday.

 

Source: AltaVoz