Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Noreste article
Subject Matter: Oscar Santiago N, El Culichi, CDS, Coahuila
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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During the early hours of Sunday the 30th of July, there was a gun battle registered between an armed commando and elements of the Coahuila Force, in the Eduardo Guerra colonia in Torreon.
The Police managed to take down with gunfire an alleged leader of the Sinaloa cartel, identified as Oscar Santiago N, alias El Culichi, 30 years of age approximately.
The events occurred around 2 am in the morning, when the emergency system received reports that Coahuila Force were attacked by gunfire, and that the subject were aboard two vehicles on the crossroads of Lazaro Cardenas.
Unofficial information said that the Police were circulating in the Eduardo Guerra colonia, when their received gunfire by armed subjects. The vehicle that the alleged delinquents were travelling in was black Navigator with Coahuila plates, the agents signalled the driver to stop when he pulled out a weapon and opened fire.
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The Police responded to the aggression and managed to take down the aggressor at the point of contact. The subjects body was lying face up in the street with his vehicle remaining in place.
At the place of incident, experts arrived and carried out the corresponding legal proceedings, and stated that the deceased received three shots to his chest, and secured a 9mm weapon, inside the vehicle they found a spare magazine for said firearm, 30 grams of drugs and a bullet proof vest.
Oscar Santiago, El Culichi, allegedly engaged in the sale and distribution of drugs in sectors of Torreon and Gomez Palacio, Durango.
The Attorney General of the State's Office, were responsible for collecting the evidence, securing the body and ordering the transfer of the body to SEMEFO facilities.
In addition, after the corresponding proceedings, the deceased was found to have a drivers license for the State of Sinaloa.
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So far the investigations being carried out in the case have not confirmed if the man killed was indeed a leader of the Sinaloa cartel.
Original article in Spanish at Noreste.
Subject Matter: Oscar Santiago N, El Culichi, CDS, Coahuila
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
During the early hours of Sunday the 30th of July, there was a gun battle registered between an armed commando and elements of the Coahuila Force, in the Eduardo Guerra colonia in Torreon.
The Police managed to take down with gunfire an alleged leader of the Sinaloa cartel, identified as Oscar Santiago N, alias El Culichi, 30 years of age approximately.
The events occurred around 2 am in the morning, when the emergency system received reports that Coahuila Force were attacked by gunfire, and that the subject were aboard two vehicles on the crossroads of Lazaro Cardenas.
Unofficial information said that the Police were circulating in the Eduardo Guerra colonia, when their received gunfire by armed subjects. The vehicle that the alleged delinquents were travelling in was black Navigator with Coahuila plates, the agents signalled the driver to stop when he pulled out a weapon and opened fire.
The Police responded to the aggression and managed to take down the aggressor at the point of contact. The subjects body was lying face up in the street with his vehicle remaining in place.
At the place of incident, experts arrived and carried out the corresponding legal proceedings, and stated that the deceased received three shots to his chest, and secured a 9mm weapon, inside the vehicle they found a spare magazine for said firearm, 30 grams of drugs and a bullet proof vest.
Oscar Santiago, El Culichi, allegedly engaged in the sale and distribution of drugs in sectors of Torreon and Gomez Palacio, Durango.
The Attorney General of the State's Office, were responsible for collecting the evidence, securing the body and ordering the transfer of the body to SEMEFO facilities.
In addition, after the corresponding proceedings, the deceased was found to have a drivers license for the State of Sinaloa.
So far the investigations being carried out in the case have not confirmed if the man killed was indeed a leader of the Sinaloa cartel.
Original article in Spanish at Noreste.