sonoyta
Posted May 23, 2019, 11:08 am
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Mexican officials destroyed a poppy field, seized more than 250 pounds of narcotics, and arrested 19 people over the weekend west of Nogales during a joint operation aided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, authorities said.
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Posted Feb 1, 2016, 1:46 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Mexican police announced the weekend arrest of Francisco Javier Hernandez Garcia, the alleged leader of the Beltran Leyva cartel. On Saturday, Mexican federal police also conducted raids in Sonoyta, just across the border from Lukeville, Arizona. ... Read more»
Posted Jan 30, 2016, 10:01 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
A cross-border operation in Sonoyta, just across from Lukeville, involving several U.S. agencies and Mexican law enforcement led to the arrest of 24 members of the Sinaloa cartel.... Read more»
Updated Jan 29, 2016, 6:03 pm
Paul Ingram
/TucsonSentinel.com
Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents were involved in a cross-border operation near Lukeville, Ariz., on Friday. The effort, described by officials as "an arrest operation" targeting organized crime in Sonoyta, Sonora, includes Blackhawk helicopters flown by Mexican federal police. ... Read more»
Posted Jun 21, 2010, 3:35 pm
Dylan Smith
/TucsonSentinel.com
The police chief of Puerto Peñasco, Mexico, and his bodyguard were shot Saturday night. Erick Landagaray Macias, and his bodyguard Luis Huerta Ibarra, were ambushed around 11 p.m. while patrolling the resort town, also known as Rocky Point.... Read more»