Translated and republished from Reforma
Elements of the Army discovered an area used to train members of organized crime, used as well for the amoring and cloning of vehicles in Matamoros.
The National Defense Ministry (Sedena) reported the finding as occurring on Thursday, when military personnel assigned to the Eighth Military Zone carried out patrols in the southeast sector of the city after receiving an anonymous complaint.
As soldiers moved in on the site, criminals blocked their passage by hurling ponchallantas (tire spikes) to avoid military intervention.
At the site, the agents found several abandoned buildings and training areas used for the training of members of the crime organization.
Seized in the operation was a total of 13recent model vans, two of them with armor, one with cloned distinctions of the Secretary of Marina and another with emblems of the federal Police, in addition to two automobiles.
A 7.62 mm machine gun, capable of high volume of fire, was also seized, as were six long arms, 15 Kevlar cases, 88 weapon carriers, cartridges of different calibers, three armored vests and tactical equipment.
A garage was located inside the facility that was equipped as a workshop, where apparently armor and repair work was conducted out on vehicles.
