Translated by Otis B Fly-Wheel for Borderland Beat from a Tamaulipas.gov press release
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Mexico City.- The Secretary of the Navy - Armada of Mexico informs that, in joint operation with personnel of the State Police of Tamaulipas, they secured 981 thousand 140 dollars in cash that was transported hidden in a side panel inside a passenger bus of a commercial line of transport that made the journey from Reynosa to the city of Puebla. (Otis: I bet El Mayo has lost more than this out of his trouser pockets running for the bus!).
The finding was made last Sunday night at a checkpoint of the State Police located in the area known as Periquitos, on the Reynosa road to San Fernando, at the height of the village Alfredo V. Bonfil
Naval personnel who provide support at the control site detected with Gamma ray equipment, that there were irregularities in the internal structure of the bus, which led to its verification, so that specialized experts found and accounted for 43 packages with dollars in cash, on a side panel of the truck that was purposely assembled to hide the bundles which were wrapped and sealed in sturdy plastic.
At the place, the operators Juan "N" and José Martín "N" were arrested, one of whom said that he would receive a cash payment for the delivery of the money at the destination.
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The persons arrested, the money and the vehicle were placed at the disposition of the Attorney General's Office (PGR) in Reynosa, for the integration of the corresponding investigation.