Military makes Hummer of drug busts in Baja

Announces other seizures across region

Por: Omar Millán 23 Agosto 2011 @ 8:15 pm
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Commander Gilberto Landeros, of Mexico’s Second Military Zone, credits citizens for providing leads in the fight against traffickers. Photo from Second Military Zone

TIJUANA – The military showed off the fruits of its latest drug operations: $20,000 in currency taped to a man’s body and a blue Hummer H2, among other seizures.

In what’s become a familiar exercise, the commander of Mexico’s Second Military Zone, Gilberto Landeros, presented for the news media Tuesday drugs seized in various operations. He reiterated that no single cartel controls smuggling on this part of the border.

“More than a single criminal organization, various cells are operating here,â€