Translated by Valor for
Borderland Beat
A code red was
activated this weekend by members of the PGJE in Saltillo after two Mercedes
Benz refused to come to a stop after coming out of the residential development San Alberto.
Minutes earlier,
neighbors from the residential development had reported a white Mercedes,
circulating in a ‘suspicious’ way along with a car of the same make.
Security forces were
placed at the entrance to stop the vehicles, but they didn’t stop, it was then
that a chase began that continued along Pedro Figueroa Boulevard, the road
where they were intercepted by members of the Elite Group of the Municipal
Police.
After a routine
inspection, the officers found that under the license plate of Coahuila FKG-5757,
there was another license place of Coahuila EJN 2779, which proceeded to the
questioning of the three suspects (two men and a woman), who assured that the
vehicle had been rented in Torreón.
It is presumed that the
group, of Colombian origin, allegedly worked for a drug cartel of that country. After being arrested, members of the attorney
general, requested the cell phones of the detainees, and after reviewing the
three devices, they found a message received minutes before 15:00 hours,
notifying them that the registration number had successfully concluded.
Judging by the
authorities, they also found messages with Colombian cartel leaders, which they
had received indications of a drug that would be transported, as well as
weapons and cash.
The detainees were
initially identified as Guadalupe Hernández Espinoza, 38, who said he was from
Mexico City; Felipe Emiliano Quintana Cortez, 38, of Tabasco, and Samuel López
García, 43, also from Mexico City.