Officers of the Policía de León, acting for the Secretaría de Seguridad, Prevención y Protección Ciudadana, detained two men who were in possession of weapons reserved for the Army and a drug.[1] The men were identified as Leonardo Daniel “N” and Sebastián “N”, and were described as apparently brothers.[1] The intervention was on calle República Dominicana, almost at the corner with Tlaxcala, in the colonia Loma Bonita in León, Guanajuato.[1] During an operation in the area, officers saw a white Volkswagen Jetta circulating without a front licence plate, which breaches the police and traffic regulations.[1] They ordered the driver to stop by loudspeaker commands; he accelerated, and officers intercepted the car a short distance ahead.[1] As they approached to point out the offence, they saw what appeared to be a firearm and ordered both occupants to get out for a search.[1]
In the intervention officers seized three long guns, magazines, live cartridges and marijuana.[1] The search found a 7.62 mm long gun of the type called a cuerno de chivo.[1] Officers also found a second 7.62 mm long gun.[1] One weapon was of .223 calibre and reserved for exclusive use by the Army.[1] They seized four magazines for long guns and one magazine for a handgun.[1] A bag held approximately a quarter of marijuana.[1] Periódico AM, citing the same secretariat, reported the same seizure of four long-gun magazines, one handgun magazine, 98 live cartridges, a bag with about a quarter of marijuana and a mobile phone.[2]
The weapons, the drug and the two detainees were placed at the disposal of the Fiscalía General de la República, the federal prosecutor’s office, which was to determine their legal situation.[1] The secretariat said it was investigating whether the men could be linked to other crimes, and that the competent authority would follow the investigations.[1]
