Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Zetatijuana article
Subject Matter: Authorities confront sicarios in Los Cabos
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
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On the night of this Saturday 6th of January, in the town of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, in colonias like Zacatal, Las Veredas, Costa Dorada and Santa Rosa, of San Jose del Cabo, was a scene from a real battle field.
Sources of information revealed to Zeta that the Armed Forces and sicarios had confrontations in these localities, that left seven sicarios dead.
The Marines came up against an armed group that were really well armed. The confrontation reflected what they could see coming, what we saw was common and was a reaction of the armed forces to criminals, commented an agent of the Secretariat of Public Security.
For a start, the criminal cell that the armed forces confronted had weapons for exclusive use of the military, as well as tactical jackets and radio communication equipment.
Data obtained by Zeta, referred to the fact that the armed commando opened fire on the military forces after confronting them.
"Comrades say that these people are also involved in the uprising and murder of the son of one of the police commanders in the municipality of Los Cabos. We will have to wait to see if the investigations prove us right", said the State element. So far we only have the confirmation of seven sicarios killed, as well as the confiscations of an arsenal of weapons and tactical equipment.
The BCS government gave out the following press release.
The State Attorney Generals Office (PGJE) reports that at approximately 20:20 hours on Saturday January the 6th, it learned that in the Costa Dorada neighborhood in San Jose del Cabo, firearm detonations were heard by elements of the Secretary of the Navy who were carrying out surveillance tours of this area.
According to the primary investigations it was clear that elements of the Navy were sent to the mentioned sub division, they saw two vehicles, the first was a Toyota Tocoma colored olive green, with plates of 6KFU957 of the State of California USA, on board were three men with tactical vests and apparently rifles of type AK47, and a second gray Hyundai wagon, on licence plates 7XNT832 from State of California USA, with four male persons in tactical vests and rifles.
For this reason, elements of the Navy called on them to stop, however both trucks fled on the trans peninsular highway in the direction of Cabo San Lucas, the chase starting from the Costa Dorado colonia.
Two units of the Navy with elements on board were pursuing both vehicles, a few meters from reaching the Santa Rosa colonia, the crew of the Tocoma pickup began firing on the armed forces, who to safeguard themselves and others, repelled the aggression, the occupants of the Tocoma pickup lost control of the vehicle and impacted a wall, after crashing the occupants again fired against the armed forces.
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The other vehicle, the Hyundai managed to enter the Santa Rosa colonia, and on the corner of Calle Candelaria, they hit a concrete wall, the armed men descended from the vehicle and fired on the Marines, who received direct bullet impacts into their front windshield. The Marines descended from their own vehicle and returned fire killing all four aggressors. The Marines gave immediate calls for paramedic units to attend who confirmed that all four were dead on arrival.
Semefo experts were ordered to remove the bodies for forensic examination and autopsy. On La Paz Avenue, 3 AK 47 rifles were confiscated, with extra magazines. Two tactical vests were recovered along with the vehicle which had been stolen from Tijuana.
Also in San Antonia between Candaleria and Cabo Pulmo, in the Santa Rosa colonia, 3 AR15 type rifles were confiscated along with an AK47 rifle and a .45 caliber handgun, some spare magazines, and 2 tactical vests with a gray Hyundai vehicle, also a Dodge Ram Line vehicle colored blue with State Police logos with circulation places BS-035A-1BCS.
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Subject Matter: Authorities confront sicarios in Los Cabos
Recommendation: No prior subject matter knowledge required
On the night of this Saturday 6th of January, in the town of Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, in colonias like Zacatal, Las Veredas, Costa Dorada and Santa Rosa, of San Jose del Cabo, was a scene from a real battle field.
Sources of information revealed to Zeta that the Armed Forces and sicarios had confrontations in these localities, that left seven sicarios dead.
The Marines came up against an armed group that were really well armed. The confrontation reflected what they could see coming, what we saw was common and was a reaction of the armed forces to criminals, commented an agent of the Secretariat of Public Security.
For a start, the criminal cell that the armed forces confronted had weapons for exclusive use of the military, as well as tactical jackets and radio communication equipment.
Data obtained by Zeta, referred to the fact that the armed commando opened fire on the military forces after confronting them.
"Comrades say that these people are also involved in the uprising and murder of the son of one of the police commanders in the municipality of Los Cabos. We will have to wait to see if the investigations prove us right", said the State element. So far we only have the confirmation of seven sicarios killed, as well as the confiscations of an arsenal of weapons and tactical equipment.
The BCS government gave out the following press release.
The State Attorney Generals Office (PGJE) reports that at approximately 20:20 hours on Saturday January the 6th, it learned that in the Costa Dorada neighborhood in San Jose del Cabo, firearm detonations were heard by elements of the Secretary of the Navy who were carrying out surveillance tours of this area.
According to the primary investigations it was clear that elements of the Navy were sent to the mentioned sub division, they saw two vehicles, the first was a Toyota Tocoma colored olive green, with plates of 6KFU957 of the State of California USA, on board were three men with tactical vests and apparently rifles of type AK47, and a second gray Hyundai wagon, on licence plates 7XNT832 from State of California USA, with four male persons in tactical vests and rifles.
For this reason, elements of the Navy called on them to stop, however both trucks fled on the trans peninsular highway in the direction of Cabo San Lucas, the chase starting from the Costa Dorado colonia.
Two units of the Navy with elements on board were pursuing both vehicles, a few meters from reaching the Santa Rosa colonia, the crew of the Tocoma pickup began firing on the armed forces, who to safeguard themselves and others, repelled the aggression, the occupants of the Tocoma pickup lost control of the vehicle and impacted a wall, after crashing the occupants again fired against the armed forces.
The other vehicle, the Hyundai managed to enter the Santa Rosa colonia, and on the corner of Calle Candelaria, they hit a concrete wall, the armed men descended from the vehicle and fired on the Marines, who received direct bullet impacts into their front windshield. The Marines descended from their own vehicle and returned fire killing all four aggressors. The Marines gave immediate calls for paramedic units to attend who confirmed that all four were dead on arrival.
Semefo experts were ordered to remove the bodies for forensic examination and autopsy. On La Paz Avenue, 3 AK 47 rifles were confiscated, with extra magazines. Two tactical vests were recovered along with the vehicle which had been stolen from Tijuana.
Also in San Antonia between Candaleria and Cabo Pulmo, in the Santa Rosa colonia, 3 AR15 type rifles were confiscated along with an AK47 rifle and a .45 caliber handgun, some spare magazines, and 2 tactical vests with a gray Hyundai vehicle, also a Dodge Ram Line vehicle colored blue with State Police logos with circulation places BS-035A-1BCS.
