They arrested 3 suspected drug traffickers in operation in Sonora

The Sonora Prosecutor's Office arrested three people after a search of a home in Ciudad Obregon where several doses of enervating substances were secured.

According to a statement issued by the Attorney General's Office of the State of Sonora (FGJE), the detainees were secured together with drugs in a joint action with the National Anti-Kidnapping Coordination (CONASE), the Secretariat of the Navy (SEMAR) and the same prosecutor's office, as well as the Ministerial Criminal Investigation Agency ( AMIC).

The detainees in the operation were identified as Jesús Andrés “N”, 26-year-old El Neshi; Raúl “N”, The Mechanic, 52, and Edgar Eduardo “N”, known by the alias El Chilango, 24.

One of the detainees, Raúl “N.”, El Mecánico, has a record, from 2012 and 2013, for the crime of federal jurisdiction and drug abuse in the variant of possession of marijuana for sale.

The authorities carried out the operation in response to complaints about the probable sale of drugs at home.

Therefore, elements of CONASE, SEMAR and the Ministerial Agency for Criminal Investigation carried out perimeter surveillance of the house located in the Luis Echeverría neighborhood.

The action was carried out, with the authorization of the Judge, in endorsing data of evidence previously collected for crimes against health in the form of drug abuse in the variant of possession of methamphetamines for the purpose of sale.

The three persons insured were left at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor's Office, as well as the matter insured, to proceed in accordance with the provisions of the law.

FGJE Expert Services personnel processed the property and collected as evidence 25 wrappers containing dry green grass with the characteristic marijuana.

They also secured two transparent plastic bags containing 57 wrappers with a white granulated substance with the glass-like characteristic, as well as securing cash (357 pesos) and two cell phones.

According to information from the Prosecutor's Office, El Chilango also has a complaint of deprivation of liberty of a person since January 13. In the same way, I had a search form for a group of search engines in Cajeme.

The detainees were placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor's Office agent who will determine their legal position. The authorities maintain the investigations.

Sonora is one of the states that has been most affected by violence by criminal groups, we just have to remember the appearance of a body on a bridge, a crime of a criminal group associated with Rafael Caro Quintero or the shooting that took place in Caborca.

In addition to this, from 2019 to February, the Sonora prosecutor's office has found and delivered 538 bodies, which correspond to people reported missing who have been handed over to their families.

In recent days, authorities together with the search collective Buscando in San Luis Rio Colorado found several clandestine graves in a desert area in Cajeme near a garbage dump.

The search days lasted about three days and four clandestine graves were located in the desert of the municipality, which is located on the border with the United States; in the personal location of the prosecutor's office found remains corresponding to 11 people.

Four people were identified from these bodies. Then they continued the day from 11 to 12 March in which they found another 9 bodies, in addition to 9 mm casings. They also reported that the bodies were tied hand and foot.

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