Overview
- Federal and state forces carried out a search in San Luis Potosí on Monday that led to the detention of nine people connected to a network accused of stealing cargo from trucks.
- Officers seized dozens of electronic devices used to block tracking and communications, 30 signal jammers, 359 antenna inhibitors, one long gun with ammunition, six forklifts, 10 vehicles, 110 auto parts and 297 pallets of goods.
- The operation involved the Secretaría de Seguridad y Protección Ciudadana, the Fiscalía General de la República, the Guardia Nacional and San Luis Potosí state authorities, who said the action followed investigative work.
- Authorities said the seized jammers and inhibitors can disable GPS and radio systems that protect shipments, and that the forklifts and pallets indicate a logistics setup for offloading and storing stolen cargo.
- Officials pledged further investigations and legal processing by the FGR to determine the origin of the goods and pursue prosecutions, and they said more coordinated operations will aim to secure Federal Highway 57 for drivers and travelers.