Six arrested in Concordia and Mazatlán operations
Original reporting: Los Noticieristas Policiaca
What happened
Los Noticieristas reports five arrests at a clandestine camp in Concordia and a separate arrest in Mazatlán, where federal personnel seized 11 homemade grenades. Authorities had not identified the detainees or disclosed any criminal-group links.
Reporting and context
Federal and state forces arrested six people in separate operations in Concordia and Mazatlán, Sinaloa, seizing firearms, ammunition, tactical equipment and 11 homemade grenades, according to Los Noticieristas.
In Zavala, a community in Concordia municipality, National Guard, Mexican Army and state police personnel found and dismantled a clandestine camp. Five people were detained there.
Authorities seized five long guns, 30 magazines and 1,150 rounds of ammunition at the camp, along with seven tactical vests and 14 ballistic plates. The report did not identify the detainees or specify what activities had taken place at the site.
Los Noticieristas reported that a second operation in Mazatlán involved personnel from the federal Security and Citizen Protection Ministry, or SSPC, and the federal Attorney General’s Office, or FGR. They arrested one person and seized 11 homemade grenades.
The Mazatlán seizure also included one long gun, eight magazines, a duty belt and a ballistic vest. The grenades were reported in that operation; the 1,150 rounds and 14 ballistic plates were part of the separate Concordia seizure.
Together, the two operations accounted for the six arrests described in the report. Officials had not disclosed the detainees’ identities or any possible connection to a criminal group, Los Noticieristas reported.
Read the original report at Los Noticieristas.