Three people were detained in Ciudad Obregón, in the municipality of Cajeme, Sonora, during a warrant search of a house on calle Manuel M. Ponce in the colonia Matías Méndez.[1] They were identified as Ángel Josué “N”, 19, María del Rosario “N”, 50, and María Guadalupe “N”, 27.[2] All three were placed at the disposal of the Ministerio Público, the public prosecutor.[1]

The search was a tactical intervention by the Fiscalía General de Justicia del Estado de Sonora (FGJES), the state prosecutor’s office, through its Agencia Ministerial de Investigación Criminal (AMIC).[1] AMIC worked with the Secretaría de Marina Armada de México (SEMAR), the navy, and the Policía Estatal de Seguridad Pública (PESP), the state public-security police.[1] Officers seized two firearms, four loaded magazines and 118 wraps of narcotics in all.[1] Of those wraps, 81 held a substance with characteristics similar to methamphetamine and 37 held possible marijuana.[1] Agents also found a gram scale.[1] The prosecutor’s office said the substances will be sent for forensic analysis.[1] In the same house they seized an AR-15 assault rifle with a retractable stock and two loaded magazines, and a 9 mm pistol with two further loaded magazines.[1]

Two children found in the house were placed in the care of the Sistema DIF of Ciudad Obregón, the local family-welfare system, so they would be protected.[1] The three detainees and the seized items remained with the public prosecutor, which is to establish where the weapons came from, what the substances are, and what criminal responsibility may follow.[1]