They murdered a ‘4T’ official in Tlapacoyan, Veracruz
The night of this April 29 was murdered shot Leonardo Guzmán Hernández, who was serving as wellness manager in the municipality of Tlapacoyan, in Veracruz.
The official, related to the call Fourth Transformation, received multiple gunshot wounds in an attack perpetuated in the Benito Juárez neighborhood, of the aforementioned entity. The emergency bodies arrived at the place after the notice of the neighbors, but the official lay without vital signs.
For these events, the authorities have no detainees and have started an investigation file.
Anti-fentanyl law: Mexico toughened the penalties for traffickers of this deadly drug
In recent weeks, a delegation from the Mexican government attended a high-level meeting in Washington, where it pledged to combat fentanyl trafficking.
Amid strong pressure from the government of the USAthe Mexican Senate culminated this Saturday morning, without discussion or analysis, the reform of the Federal Law for the Control of Chemical Precursorswith the aim of curbing the production and trafficking of fentanyl.
They destroyed hundreds of kilos of drugs
In Jaliscothe authorities incinerated more than 817 kilos of drugs, among which were marijuana, cocaine and methamphetamine, as well as 143 milliliters of various narcotic substances and 6,650 psychotropic units were destroyed.
Meanwhile in Morelos there were 64 kilos of marijuana, 72 grams of methamphetamine, 44 grams of cocaine, 300 units of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD) and 5,256 units of various objects of crime (cd’s, dvd’s, clothing, among others) , those who burned.
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The DEA followed the trail of “Los Chapitos” on four continents and more than a dozen cities
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has used multiple resources and contacts around the world to try to dismantle what they consider to be “the largest, most violent and prolific fentanyl trafficking operation”
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“It is an abusive, arrogant interference, which should not be accepted for any reason,” were the words with which President Andrés Manuel López Obrador condemned agents of the Drug Control Administration (DEA, for its acronym in English) infiltrate Mexico and the inner circle of the Sinaloa Cartel faction headed by the sons of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán.
Drug sent by parcel was intercepted
In Santa Catarina, Nuevo León, the Attorney General’s Office (FGR) seized various narcotics in a drug company parcel.
With the help of a canine pair, the authorities managed to seize 7.9 kilos of marijuana24 electronic cigarettes, nine cartridges for electronic cigarettes, a package with 55 grams of methamphetamine, as well as various products made with cannabis. Everything was made available to the Federal Public Ministry.
The shipment was destined for Piedras Negras, in Coahuila.
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An alleged member of the “Juan Balta” group, founder of La Unión Tepito, was arrested in CDMX
This criminal gang is related to kidnappings and the high crime rate in the Venustiano Carranza mayor’s office
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The Attorney General’s Office of Mexico City (FGJCDMX) reported that it managed to arrest four people during a series of searches, one of them would be linked to the criminal gang of Juan Balta, a criminal group with ties to La Unión de Tepito.
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