Translated by El Profe for Borderland Beat From Processo
MEXICO CITY (AP) - In three different operations in Victoria, Tamaulipas, state police captured 12 people allegedly involved in drug trafficking, homicides, criminal association, security offenses and weapons carrying.
Seven of the detainees, according to local prosecution authorities, may be directly related to the killings and injuries of several people committed Saturday night in an event hall in the state capital.
Some of the Detainees. Fotos: Especial
On Saturday night, during a graduation party in an event hall, four people were killed and five injured. Those responsible, who fled aboard a van, used handguns and heavy weapons.
Shortly after, the state security areas implemented the immediate actions and investigations that, hours later, lead to the arrests.
In one of the detention areas, the likely perpetrators used tactical equipment and assaulted the uniformed men with weapons, and even threw spike strips at them.
In the three actions carried out in the Pajaritos and Naciones Unidas neighborhoods, parts of the PGJE and the SSP succeeded in arresting Nayeli Esmeralda "N", José Óscar "N", Edson "N"; Jenifer Yuled "N", Luis Enrique "N", Alan Guadalupe "N"; Víctor Fabián "N", Jorge Luis "N", Cecilia "N", José Luis "N"; and Juan "N" and Ramiro "N".
From those arrested, three long weapons and one handgun, more than 20 magazines, more than a thousand cartridges, tactical helmets, military uniforms, tire punctures, more than 40 bags and a pot with marijuana-like grass were seized.
According to investigations, the seized weapons were related to several homicides that were committed in the capital Tamaulipeca.
It was also pointed out that, out of a group of seven detainees, three stated that they did have a direct involvement in the killing of four people and injuries at the Carol event hall in Victoria.
Even in laboratory tests it was found that the weapons match the shells found in at least a dozen homicides committed in Ciudad Victoria.
Among the core activities of the 12 captured are drug trafficking and extortion. Among them are two minors, one of them a pregnant 15 year old girl.
The assassins allegedly committed homicides in the event hall because they were looking for a member of an opposing group, but, it turns out, he was not there.