CDMX Operation: 32 Missing People Found; 89 Detained

Operation Rastrillo was carried out in the municipalities of Chalco, Chicoloapan, Chimalhuacán, and Valle de Chalco.  It had the participation of the Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA), Secretariat of Security of the State of Mexico (SSE), and the General Prosecutor’s Office of the State of Mexico (FGJEM), and the Mobility Secretariat of Mexico City.

Translated by Valor for Borderland Beat

Mexico City, June 30 (SinEmbargo) – Federal, state, and municipal forces carried out an operation in four municipalities of the State of Mexico and rescued 32 people reported missing, arrested 89 for various crimes, and confiscated drugs and stolen cars.

During the 154 operations, the security forces arrested 89 people for their probable participation in various crimes, of which 34 of them had arrest warrants against them.

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Egypt apologizes for killings of tourists, compares Mx Drug war to Egyptian terrorism

Lucio R. Borderland Beat Republished from Ahram Online

Egypt accidentally bombs Mexican tourists,  8 killed, and 6 wounded,   bodies returned to Mexico via presidential aircraft:  “An Open Letter from Egypt to the People of Mexico”

Tamaulipas couple are among those shot, the husband died, wife injured

Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry addressed the people of Mexico in an open letter that is set to be published in major Mexican newspapers on Wednesday regarding the accidental killing of Mexican tourists on a safari trip in Egypt last Sunday.

The letter, first published on Tuesday on the foreign ministry’s official page on Facebook, is titled “An Open Letter from Egypt to the People of Mexico”.

Shoukry expressed his condolences and sympathy to the Mexican people, describing the victims as “innocent lives”.

Shoukry said that the loss of a family member is “unimaginable”, adding that Egypt can understand the grief the Mexicans are feeling as Egyptians have seen “numerous innocent civilian lives lost due to terrorist violence”.

The foreign minister assured in his letter that Egyptian security forces are the "most cautious and careful when it comes to preserving the lives of others".

He added that Egypt is still in the process of investigating what happened, asserting that the authorities are "unequivocally committed" to uncovering the precise details of what he described as a “tragedy”.

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