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CRIME Military personnel seize 2,063 pounds of cocaine Military personnel seized 2,063 pounds of cocaine that were transported from the Mexican State of Colima to Tijuana. The seizure took place on Monday, October 28, at the Cucapah military checkpoint in San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, the Mexican Department of National Defense said. According to the report, military personnel inspected the truck and found 936 packages with cocaine inside.
The driver was arrested and the truck was seized as well. The suspect, the vehicle, and the cocaine were turned to the Mexican Attorney General's Office for processing. PUBLIC SAFETY Coachella Valley women caught for robbery Two women from the Coachella Valley were arrested early Sunday under charges of robbery of a convenience store.
The Mexicali Police said the suspects were identified as Arisaid Cristina, 36, of Indio, and Maritza Elizabeth, 40, of Coachella. Police agents were deployed to a Colonia Division del Norte area convenience store at 2:03 a.m.
on Sunday, October 27, after an alarm was activated. A store employee told the police a man arrived earlier at the store and robbed three packages of cigarettes, three bags of chips, and 2,000 pesos or about $100, and fled in a white 2021 Chevrolet Traverse. The police chased the suspects who were fleeing southbound by Centauro del Norte Avenue.
The vehicle stopped at the Colonia Lucio Blanco area and the man fled from the scene. Police agents found the stolen items inside the vehicle except the cash. The police arrested the suspects who were transported to the Police Headquarters for processing.
One of the women told the police the fleeing suspect was her boyfriend, who was identified as Ruben, 26. COURTS State judges sentence two for homicides Two individuals were sentenced in separate cases of homicide. In the first case, a state judge sentenced Miguel Osvaldo Mora, aka Vago, to 37 years in prison for the Nov.
25, 2021, murder of an individual in the Colonia Venustiano Carranza area. On the day of the incident, Mora arrived at the scene and shot at the 32-year-old victim, with whom he had had past issues. The victim succumbed to the injuries five days later at the General Hospital.
In the second case, the judge sentenced Luis Miguel Armenta Torres to 24 years in prison for the October 18, 2021 murder of a victim identified as Luis Ezequiel. The sentence was issued after prosecutors and the defense attorney reached an agreement. Armenta Torres admitted to killing the victim in the Fraccionamiento Villa Flor area.
The convicted man shot at the victim and fled from the scene. The victim died the next day in the General Hospital. COURTS Man sentenced for sexual abuse of a minor A state judge sentenced José Mayahua Tehuaten to five years and four months in prison after pleading guilty to a charge of sexual abuse of a minor.
The judge issued the sentence after prosecutors and the defense attorney reached an agreement, the State Attorney General's Office said. Tehuaten admitted he committed sexual abuse of a minor of less than 14 years of age on June 2023 in the restroom of a Colonia Independencia area sports complex. The individual was accused of touching the minor inappropriately.
The victim told her family about the incident. The police arrived minutes later to arrest Tehuaten. CRIME Bodies found in rural area The bodies of a man and a woman were found Monday afternoon in rural Mexicali.
La Voz newspaper reported the corpses were found behind a junk vehicle business at 12:44 p.m. at the Colonia La Pluma area on the Mariano Abasolo Highway.
Both bodies were found almost buried and wrapped in blankets over an irrigation ditch. The corpses had signs of foul play, the newspaper reported. The bodies were transported to the State Coroner's Office.
CRIME Honduran man arrested for attempted murder of woman Mexicali police officers arrested Sunday evening a 29-year-old Honduran man who allegedly attempted to kill a woman. The police said the incident was reported at 8:41 p.m.
at Lázaro Cardenas Boulevard and Juan Bautista de Anza Street in the Colonia Huertas de la Progreso area. The suspect was identified as Luis Alberto. The police said a reporting party notified the agency about a person injured after being run over by a driver.
Upon arrival, police agents found a 39-year-old woman who had injuries in the face, an arm, and the neck. The police said the injuries were caused by a knife. A witness told the police that while driving by the area he observed the suspect causing injuries to the victim with a knife while the woman was hitting the suspect.
The suspect was arrested and transported to the Police Headquarters under charges of attempted homicide. The victim was taken to a hospital. A knife was found near the area.
– Arturo Bojorquez, [email protected].
