In recent days, state and federal authorities carried out a security operation in Culiacán, Sinaloa, which resulted in the unexpected discovery of the fuselage of a small plane.
Through the Specialized Anti-Kidnapping Unit (UEA), on October 5, agents of the State Attorney General’s Office (FGE) executed a search warrant at a home in the La Lima neighborhood, belonging to the capital of Sinaloa.
The operation, coordinated with elements of the National Defense Secretariat (Sedena), was aimed at the release of a person from the state of Nuevo León who was deprived of his liberty.
Upon inspecting the property, the authorities found the victim, but also found a Cessna 421 type aircraft with apparent signs of deterioration. The fuselage had the license plate XB-JPI superimposed on it, but when entering the data into platforms such as Flight Aware to monitor its recent transfers, the system does not yield results. For this reason, it is unknown if said license plate would be authentic.
After the rescue, various local media unofficially spread the version that the Nuevo Leon native had been deceived by members of the Sinaloa Cartel to get him to come to Culiacán, where they would force him to produce fentanyl and even repair the aircraft.
The report from the state Attorney General’s Office states that various artifacts were found in the home that, apparently, would be used to make synthetic drugs. In addition, the uniformed officers seized industrial equipment for the manufacture of chemical substances, which could constitute evidence of an alleged drug laboratory.
However, the official statement does not make any reference to the reasons why the fuselage of the plane would be in the property, so the previously mentioned narrative does not have, as of this publication, support from any authority.
In a first interview with the UEA, the man from Nuevo León narrated that, in effect, it was through deception that he was taken to Culiacán “in order to carry out a commercial job.” As of the morning of October 7, no corporation has provided information regarding the people who are believed to be behind the events.
“The confiscated items were placed at the disposal of the Specialized Public Prosecutor’s Office for Combating Kidnapping Crimes, which continues with the investigations aimed at identifying the alleged kidnappers and determining the commission of other crimes that could be constituted,” the Prosecutor’s Office stated in its report.
One day before these events, it was reported that nine people were deprived of their freedom in the rehabilitation center ‘Un rayo de luz’, also located in Culiacán. In his weekly press conference on October 7, Governor Rubén Rocha Moya mentioned that there is a high probability that the event was a forced recruitment operation by criminal groups.
Source: infobae
