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On the highway Cuatro Caminos-Apatzingán, in the municipality of Parácuaro. an army element (SEDENA) was on routine patrol this past week, when they observed a Ford Ranger pick up painted blue and had all the markings of a State Police of Michoacan official vehicle.
It looked exactly like a State Police vehicle except for one thing and that one thing resulted in the arrest of the 4 occupants of the pickup. A sharp eyed alert educated member of the army element taught the suspects a lesson in spelling.
On the 2 front doors of a real state police truck is the identification " POLICIA MICHOACAN", and just below that in smaller letters are the words "DIVISION FUERZA RURAL. This truck had "DIVICION' (spelled with a "C" rather than the correct spelling with a "S" and lcaked the accent over the "O".
The Army stopped the truck and arrested the 4 men. and in the truck found 4 AK47's, nine magazines, 255 shells, a HK G-36 with 3 clips y 82 bullets, and one Centauro with 11 magazines y 206 shells and one AR-15, con 17 clips and 445 cartridges.
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The Army stopped the truck and arrested the 4 men. and in the truck found 4 AK47's, nine magazines, 255 shells, a HK G-36 with 3 clips y 82 bullets, and one Centauro with 11 magazines y 206 shells and one AR-15, con 17 clips and 445 cartridges.
As well as two pistols 38 calibre super, with six magazines and 55 cartridges, 10 cell phones, two portable radios, two tactical vests black color and 23 thousand 620 pesos.
The army turned the suspects, the truck and it's contents over to the PGJE which In a statement, the agency announced that criminal action was brought against the alleged criminals in the commission of crimes of violation to the Federal Law on Firearms and Explosives, abuse of power and use of official logos, in the form of use of vehicle marking of 'Police Michoacan'.
They were also being investigated for other crimes, including the theft of the truck which had been reported stolen.
The agency also said the suspects were not members of any security agency in Michoacan.