Thread: Mexican Federal Police flying cross border Blackhawk helicopter missions out of AZ.

US agencies assist Mexico government in arrest near border

By - Associated Press - Friday, January 29, 2016

LUKEVILLE, Ariz. (AP) - U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement say they have assisted the Mexican government in a cross-border arrest operation near the Arizona border.

Spokeswoman Gillian M. Christensen says ICE and several other law enforcement agencies in both Arizona and Mexico participated in an arrest operation in Sonoyta, Mexico. Sonoyta sits on the border with Lukeville, Arizona, and is the throughway to Puerto Peñasco, a beach destination for many Americans that is also known as Rocky Point.

Christensen said ICE was assisting Mexican authorities in an operation targeting criminal organizations in and around Sonoyta but would not release any information about whether an arrest was actually made.

She said this was an ongoing investigation.

Media reported several American helicopters going between Lukeville and Mexico and a heavy law enforcement presence.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...in-arrest-nea/

22 arrested, 2 dead after Sonora gunfight

All are presumed members of the Sinaloa Cartel

Mexico News Daily | Saturday, January 30, 2016
A firefight in the desert of Sonora has resulted in the capture of 22 presumed members of the Sinaloa Cartel, and the deaths of two others.

Several weeks of intelligence work by the Federal Police, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and other U.S. agencies revealed the location of a cartel operations center in Sonoyta, in the municipality of Plutarco Elías Calles.

The property was used for warehousing drugs and holding migrants who had been captured while heading for the nearby U.S. border.

When federal agents approached the stronghold on land, and with the support of Blackhawk helicopters, gang members responded with high-caliber weapons fire. But 22 gave up their arms after two of the gunmen were killed.

Police seized 18 firearms, 15 of them assault rifles, and some 250 kilograms of marijuana.

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