Dozens Of FGR Elements With Sonora License Plates Arrive In Ciudad Juárez

"Sol Prendido" for Borderland Beat

FGR personnel in Juárez indicated that they didn’t know the reason for the presence of these elements.

Since Tuesday morning, more than a dozen elements of the Attorney General's Office of the Republic arrived in Ciudad Juárez in vehicles with Sonora plates, the caravan arrived at the FGR facilities on Lincoln and Hermanos Escobar avenues.

This surprise arrival of federal ministerial agents led to the launch of some searches on our border by this corporation, the delegation in our entity had no information about it.

The units guarded the exterior of the FGR, on Abraham Lincoln Avenue, while the officers entered through one of the gates at the back of the building, next to the old Esfinge bar, all wearing tactical uniforms and long weapons.

FGR personnel in Juárez indicated that they didn’t know the reason for the presence of these elements, who were sent by orders of Mexico City, without being given advance notice of their arrival at their facilities.

By Wednesday morning, the units and agents were still outside and inside the building, information gradually began to be received about their presence in town and in the Prosecutor's Office building, ruling out that searches were going to be carried out in the city. 

According to reports, the agents carried out a review and an assessment in the archives warehouse, of both of the evidence and the narcotics kept there, by central orders from Mexico City.

Apparently, nothing out of the ordinary was found and everything appeared to be in order. The ministerial agents withdrew this afternoon following the investigations that lasted almost a day and a half.

In the next few hours the FGR could release official information about this intervention, which was said to be due to "administrative" issues, but the reason why the inspection was ordered wasn’t mentioned.

Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua

El Heraldo de Chihuahua