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Soldiers seize huge weapons cache in Matamoros
Comments 0 | Recommend 0The Mexican military also confiscated half a ton of marijuana in Reynosa
MATAMOROS - Soldiers seized a huge weapons cache Wednesday in Matamoros, the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense said in a news release issued Thursday.
Officials also confiscated more than half a ton of marijuana and arrested two men during two separate and unrelated incidents in Reynosa this week.
On Wednesday, soldiers in Matamoros spotted a sand-colored Suburban with no license plates "parked suspiciously" in front of a house near the intersection of Almendro and Paseo Toronja streets, the release said. Soldiers seized the vehicle and found a large stash of weapons inside that included:
>> An AK-47 rifle
>> Two AR-15 rifles
>> An Uzi machine gun
>> Two Kevlar helmets
>> Six "tactical uniforms"
>> Three bullet belts
>> A .308 cal handgun
>> A 5.56 cal handgun
>> a .9 mm handgun
>> Two fragmentation grenades
Among the weapons, soldiers also found an assortment of rounds and ammunition clips.
No arrests were made.
On Monday, a military convoy spotted a person behaving suspiciously near the Rio Grande at Las Calabazas park in Reynosa. When the person noticed the soldiers, he fled on foot, leaving behind 26 bundles of "a dry, green plant with the characteristics of marijuana" weighing about 1,138 pounds.
The person was not found and no arrests were made.
During another seizure on July 4, a military convoy searched two vehicles at Privada Las Fuentes street in Reynosa, the release said. Soldiers found a packet of what appeared to be marjiuana that weighed about 11 pounds and a 10 mm handgun inside the trucks.
Officials arrested David Manuel Garcia Niño, 18, and Juan Manuel Fernandez Estrada, 25. Both men reside in Miguel Aleman, Tamps.
That seizure also netted $35,000, three ammunition clips and 16 rounds. Officials took the vehicles, a black Suzuki truck bearing Tamaulipas license plates and an orange Sierra Denalli with Nuevo Leon license plates.
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Ana Ley covers law enforcement and general assignments for The Monitor. She can be reached at (956) 683-4428.
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