Police Find Arms Cache in Mausoleum Near U.S. Border
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| | Mexican soldiers stand next to detained men, guns and packages containing some 169 kg of marijuana, seized during an operation, as they are displayed for the media in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2009. (AP/Guillermo Arias) | |
Mexico City - Mexican federal police found an arsenal hidden inside a mausoleum at a ranch in Nogales, a border city in the northern state of Sonora, the Public Safety Secretariat said.
Six assault rifles, a pistol and an air gun, as well as ammunition clips and ammunition of different calibers, were found at the site.
The arms were found during an operation targeting organized crime groups at El Mezquite, a ranch in the eastern section of the city, which is across the border from Nogales, Arizona.
Officers found the assault rifles, some of which were equipped with telescopic sights, and other weapons during a search of the ranch, the secretariat said.
The arms were turned over to federal prosecutors in Sonora state as evidence in the investigation.
A separate operation resulted in the arrest of 19 suspected drug traffickers in Puebla, the capital of the like-named state, the Public Safety Secretariat said.
The suspects were arrested when police responded to a complaint about prostitution at several houses in the city.
The complaint alleged that the women were being held against their will and forced to work as prostitutes and consume drugs at four houses in Puebla, the secretariat said.
Federal police rounded up 52 women and 47 men at the houses, the secretariat said, adding that 11 men and eight women were arrested on drug charges after questioning at a military base.
The 19 suspects were taken to Mexico City, where authorities are conducting an investigation, the secretariat said. |
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