Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Milenio article
Subject Matter: Sinaloa Cartel, Damaso Lopez Serrano
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
Reporter: Ruben Mosso
Elements of the Criminal Investigation Agency, as well as the Army and the Marines detained in Mexico City, six alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel that operated under the orders of Damaso Lopez Serrano, El Mini Lic, son of the leader of the above mentioned criminal Damaso Lopez Nunez, El Licenciado, detained in the capital this past week.
In the first operation carried out in the Tlaltenco Colonia in Tlahuac, they captured Benigno Gastelum Sandoval, El Beni, originally from Culiacan, Sinaloa, who, according to investigations carried out by the AIC of the PGR, arrived in April to Mexico City and proceeded to Eldorado to work as drive and personal assistant of Mini Lic.
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In the second action carried out in the Jardines del Sur Colonia, in the Xochimilco delegation, the Federal Agents detained 5 persons identified as Ramon Arrellanes Almazan, Juan Enrique Rodriguez Acosta, Trinidad Francisco and Jesus Alejandro Garcia Parra, all originally from Sinaloa and Jorge Tovar Calleros, El Guero or El Ingeniero from Jalisco, that are alleged to be in charge of the security for Mini Lic.
In both operations they confiscated two rifles, two sidearms, 160 rounds of different calibers, two grenades, a grenade launcher, eight magazines, tactical equipment, a kilogram of white powder, presumably cocaine, 600 grams of a substance with the characteristics of meth-amphetamines, 148 doses of crystal, 100 pills presumably psycho-tropic, three vehicles and eight pieces of radio equipment.
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Original article in Spanish at Milenio
Subject Matter: Sinaloa Cartel, Damaso Lopez Serrano
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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Reporter: Ruben Mosso
Elements of the Criminal Investigation Agency, as well as the Army and the Marines detained in Mexico City, six alleged members of the Sinaloa Cartel that operated under the orders of Damaso Lopez Serrano, El Mini Lic, son of the leader of the above mentioned criminal Damaso Lopez Nunez, El Licenciado, detained in the capital this past week.
In the first operation carried out in the Tlaltenco Colonia in Tlahuac, they captured Benigno Gastelum Sandoval, El Beni, originally from Culiacan, Sinaloa, who, according to investigations carried out by the AIC of the PGR, arrived in April to Mexico City and proceeded to Eldorado to work as drive and personal assistant of Mini Lic.
In the second action carried out in the Jardines del Sur Colonia, in the Xochimilco delegation, the Federal Agents detained 5 persons identified as Ramon Arrellanes Almazan, Juan Enrique Rodriguez Acosta, Trinidad Francisco and Jesus Alejandro Garcia Parra, all originally from Sinaloa and Jorge Tovar Calleros, El Guero or El Ingeniero from Jalisco, that are alleged to be in charge of the security for Mini Lic.
In both operations they confiscated two rifles, two sidearms, 160 rounds of different calibers, two grenades, a grenade launcher, eight magazines, tactical equipment, a kilogram of white powder, presumably cocaine, 600 grams of a substance with the characteristics of meth-amphetamines, 148 doses of crystal, 100 pills presumably psycho-tropic, three vehicles and eight pieces of radio equipment.
Original article in Spanish at Milenio