http://www.sandiegored.com/noticias/19080/Baja-police-seize-cocaine-worth-a19-million/ TIJUANA - In "one of the biggest blows" against criminal Any organization in Baja California state police Seized cocaine worth an Estimated $ 19.3 million, Authorities Announced Sunday.
The cocaine Belong To the Sinaloa cartel, according the statement Issued by the Baja California police (Known as PEP).
The department said That Carried out by ITS Investigations intelligence unit Saturday afternoon led to Them a house at Calzada Guadalupe Street in the La Villa neighborhood, on the city's east side.
The Investigators HAD Determined That a lieutenant for Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, the leader of the Sinaloa cartel, There and Lived the house to store Used cocaine, the CSO said.
State police raided the house in a special operation and found 213 packages Containing cocaine, weapons, ammunition and a Chevrolet van, the department said.
State agents Detained Valenzuela Jesus Hernandez, 48, Who Said I Work for the Sinaloa cartel, the statement said.
Due to the large amount of cocaine, the PEP mounted a special detail to transfer the drug and the suspect to the agency's base of operation, in the river zone.
The total weight packages of HAD to 519 pounds, Which Would Have Provide More Than 1 million doses, and Had an Estimated street value of $ 19.3 million, the statement said.
The arsenal Seized at the house included a 9 mm pistol, a .308 rifle, .45 mm unspent cartridges ten, fifteen shots 7.62 X 39 mm, 200 38 Super bullets and four metal clips.
The statement said the cocaine seizure is "one of the biggest blows" ever Delivered Against Any criminal organization Established in Baja California.
Early in the year, state and municipal law enforcement Authorities, as well as Politicians, declare the drug cartels That HAD lost much of Their power in the all-important area of Tijuana smuggling, After three years of fighting Among Themselves and the governments' crackdown .
As the year advanced, howeve, There Has Been Growing Evidence That at least one poster, the one from Sinaloa, you reorganize and expanded local ITS Operations. In mid-July, the military discovered the largest field ever detected marijuana in Mexico, 300-acre spread south of Ensenada.
And There Was cocaine haul this weekend's, Both Attributed to the Sinaloa cartel.
This is Occurring at a time when to municipal and state initiative Authorities continue to dismiss corrupt Their officers, an effort far from finished.
Omar.millan @ sandiegored.com
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