Arsenal seized and CJNG members arrested in Zapopan, Jalisco

Chivis Martinez Borderland Beat TY Gus from Aristegui Noticias  and FGRand Char 

Federal forces during a search secured an arsenal of 22 long and six short weapons, 70 loaders, two grenade launchers, a cannon tube, 41 grenade launchers, four grenade launchers, eight grenades and various parts of weapon mechanisms, in Zapopan, Jalisco.

Likewise, four alleged members of the Jalisco Nueva Generación Cartel were arrested and 18 packages containing substances with the characteristics of cocaine and methamphetamine were seized by elements of the Attorney General's Office (FGR), in coordination with personnel of the Secretariat of Defense National (Sedena) and the Federal Police (PF).

According to a statement from the FGR, detainees trafficked  weapons from Los Angeles, California, and Central America.

The four mentioned are; Ricardo Arellano Díaz, Christian Ramón Valle Collantes, David Alberto Vázquez León and Carlos Almada Castillo; The latter is nicknamed "El Chicken" or "The Engineer" and is presumed to  have several addresses in Jalisco, dedicated to the sale and distribution of drugs in Los Angeles, California, and Guadalajara, Jalisco, in addition to the theft of vehicles. 

(Rumor has it that El Chicken worked directly for El Sapo or 090 top lieutenant of Mencho.)

Among the confiscated weapons, long weapons type AK47 stand out, better known as “goat horns” and AR15, in addition to a .30 caliber machine gun.

The authorities report that the confiscation was carried out thanks to an anonymous tip of about several men who were reported to enter weapons from abroad, which is why the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) initiated a file of investigation.

According to the police report, personnel of the Drug Enforcement Division of the PF, assigned to the investigation, said that the entry of these armed persons was observed at a domicile located in Zapopan.

As a result, the MPF of the FGR requested and obtained from the Eighth Control Judge of the National Center of Justice Specialized in Control of Investigation Techniques, Rooting and Intervention of Communications, with Residence in Mexico City, a search technique for referred property.

The MPF, accompanied by federal ministerial police (PFM) and experts specialized in various matters, in collaboration with elements of the Sedena and the PF, complied with the court order in which they were located : 22 long and six short weapons; 70 chargers; two grenade launchers, a cannon tube, 41 grenade launchers, four grenade launchers, eight grenades, 40 gauge; a silencer; various parts for firearm mechanism; two thousand 662 cartridges of various calibers.