In the last 6 months, the Government has seized 4 rocket launchers to organized crime, 2 of them in municipalities of Sonora.
The above, according to data from local and federal security authorities; Regarding the military equipment seized in Sonora, the most recent was the December 28:
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“In Sáric, with intelligence work, elements of the Mexican Army and National Guard assured 4 long weapons, a rocket launcher with a rocket“, 51 magazines, 1,388 cartridges and a vehicle.”
While 2 days before, but in General Plutarco Elías Calles, elements of the Defense, National guardand the Prosecutor’s Offices of the Republic and from the State “they searched a property, where they seized four long weapons, a rocket launcher, 54 magazines, 6,481 cartridges, tactical equipment and a vehicle.”
While the other 2 devices that can be used against tanks or lightly armored vehicles were secured during the president’s six-year term. Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
One, on September 6 in the Mexicali Valley, Baja California where federal and local security elements detained a man in possession of an arsenal that included an RPG rocket launcher with 5 rockets and 5 initiators.
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Finally, at the end of July it was reported that in Valle Hermoso, Tamaulipas, security elements secured an arsenal in the Aquiles Serdán ejido, which included a portable RPG rocket launcher.
According to internet sites, its sales cost ranges from 16,480 to 61,800 pesos depending on its origin, whether Russian or American.
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