8 Drug Cartel Suspects Arrested in Mexico

Fox News
May 19, 2012

Mexican army soldiers detained eight purported members of the Gulf drug cartel during an operation in the small northeastern town of China, the Defense Secretariat said.

The troops taking part in the ground recon operation in Nuevo Leon state seized four rifles, a handgun, three hand grenades, 881 rounds of ammunition of different calibers, 34 ammunition clips for different weapons, a kilo of white powder (apparently cocaine), two vehicles and tactical and communications gear from the suspects, the secretariat said Thursday in a statement.

The detainees may be linked to the massacre of 49 people whose mutilated bodies were found on May 13 in Cadereyta, a city outside the Nuevo Leon state capital of Monterrey, local media cited officials as saying.

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This article was posted: Saturday, May 19, 2012 at 11:18 pm

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