Discovering Drug Tunnel in San Luis Rio Colorado: Latest Updates on Border Trafficking Operations

2024-05-03 20:42:00

And ‘drug tunnel’ labor-excavated, just the right size to cross between drugs and people under the border wall San Luis Rio ColoradoSonora y Arizona, United Stateswas discovered by agents of the Attorney General’s Office (AGG).

The discovery was announced on May 3 by the FGR of Sonora, after last Wednesday elements of the State Public Security Police (PESP) They located the excavation while giving tours; it in conjunction with the Border Patrol from the land of stars and stripes.

The first reports indicate that the underground passage measuring less than five metersdistance required to cross under the steel border wall built in the Sonoran Desert, an area they currently dispute factions of the Sinaloa Cartel for the transfer of drugs, weapons, money and undocumented migrants.

The FGR of Sonora is investigating the events. Credit: @FGR_Sonora

Different tools used to create the tunnel were also found at the site, such as shovels, bars, buckets and marro. The officers said that the material was covered with leaves of wood and weedswith the aim that they are not seen with the naked eye.

As a result of the above, it was reported that the Public Ministry of the FGR in Sonora started an investigation file against whoever or those responsible for the commission of the crimes. Crimes against health and undocumented human trafficking.

Likewise, it emphasizes that there were no reports of the arrest of any suspect or the seizure of drugs following these events.

The FGR of Sonora is investigating the events. Credit: @FGR_Sonora

Northeast Sonora has remained the focus of violence in recent months. And instead, two rival factions of the Sinaloa Cartel They maintain an intense dispute for territorial control.

It is an armed arm of Los Chapitosfaction led by the sons of Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán and ‘Los Rusos’, cell of Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambadalongest-serving leader of the Sinaloa-based organization.

It should be noted that on March 16, San Luis Río Colorado was the scene of the murder of Samuel Ibarra Peralta, alias “El Pia” or ‘Comandante Pía’, the chief lieutenant of Los Chapitos in Sonora.

“This individual operated in the Mexicali Valley and was considered a priority target by Baja California authorities. Recently it has moved to the northern part of Sonora,” reports the Attorney General’s Office of the State of Sonora (FGJES).

‘El Pía’ was killed during a confrontation. (Special)

Reports from the Mexican authorities record that since 1990, when the first drug tunnel; the same attributed to Philip of Jesus Crown Verberaa man who was employed by ‘El Chapo’.

To date, security and migration agencies have found more than 230 secret passagesthe vast majority in the state of Sonora in the Nogales region bordering Arizona.

The largest drug tunnel discovered was in January 2020, between Tijuana, Baja California and San Diego, USA. It had lighting, air conditioning, high voltage electrical supply, an elevator and a rail system on which a cart similar to minecarts rolled, to carry the drugs under the international line.

With information from EFE.

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