Fugitive evades police siege in Tijuana after deadly shooting

The National Customs Agency of Mexico (ANAM) and the National Guard seized approximately 2.5 kilos of seeds with cannabis characteristics. The discovery occurred inside two voodoo dolls.

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Guadalajara Customs personnel detected five cardboard boxes that contained the dolls stuffed with the seeds. The merchandise was hidden in an export shipment. According to the report, the shipment had its origin in Sinaloa and its destination in Santa Cruz, Bolivia. No arrests were reported.

The authorities indicated that the action is part of inspection work to prevent illicit trafficking. After the discovery, the merchandise was delivered to the National Guard to be made available to the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).

Other recent seizures

This is not the only seizure at customs in the country. In recent days, seizures of cocaine and cigarettes have been reported. The Secretary of the Navy, in coordination with the Maritime Customs of Lázaro Cárdenas, Michoacán, secured 20 packages with more than a ton of cocaine on a ship.

On July 2, a passenger was detained at the airport in Cancun, Quintana Roo, after 12 kilos of cocaine were seized hidden in a wheelchair. The man came from Medellín, Colombia and posed as a person with a disability.

Two bodyguards of local representative Elizabeth Montoya (Citizen Movement) face a disciplinary process by the Internal Control Body of the state Public Security Secretariat. The reason: they entered a bar in uniform during a World Cup match between Mexico and Ecuador.

The Secretary of Public Security, Sinuhé Téllez López, confirmed the process. The elements were assigned to protect the legislator, who suffered an armed attack on January 28. Following that incident, her security was extended to her husband and daughters.

“The elements committed an irregularity when they entered a bar in uniform to take care of a family member,” declared Téllez.

What happened that night?

In the establishment, at the end of the game, several attendees shouted “Morena out.” Among them, as identified by licensed deputy Teresa Guerra Ochoa—a candidate for state coordination of the Fourth Transformation—was Montoya’s husband, accompanied by the two bodyguards dressed in uniform.

Montoya clarified that her husband did not participate in the shouting or encourage it. She defended that the security protocols are defined by the assigned elements themselves, and that her husband has the right to escort when he goes out alone.

The attack against Montoya and her benchmate Sergio Torres Félix, which occurred in January, caused the deputy an irreversible eye injury. Despite the sanctioning process against the bodyguards, Secretary Téllez assured that the protection of the deputy will continue without changes. The sanctions are only for the elements for wearing the uniform in an illegal place.

Morena closes the door on inheritance tax

Morena’s coordinator in the Chamber of Deputies, Ricardo Monreal, denied this Wednesday that the Legislative Branch has the intention of reforming laws to tax inheritances. The statement comes after Minister Lenia Batres raised the measure days ago.

Monreal was clear: “We have no intention of taxing inheritances. In fact, we have no initiatives in this regard, no one has presented an initiative regarding taxing inheritances.”

The position is aligned with what was said by President Claudia Sheinbaum, who this morning stated that “it is not an approach that we would make.” Sheinbaum thus supported the position of the Morenoist leader.

No formal proposals

In a press conference, Monreal explained that only the Executive and Legislative branches—not the Judicial branch—have the power to present initiatives. “The only ones who have legislative capacity are the President of the Republic, the senators and deputies, and the local congresses, and until now we have no intention,” he stated.

The coordinator also expressed his personal disagreement with the tax. “I said in that interview that I did not agree with these types of tax measures, in these difficult times for the country,” he commented.

Monreal will seek to prevent it

Monreal announced that, from his position, he will try to block any similar initiative. “While I am coordinator I will ask my colleagues not to act in favor of an initiative of this nature. I do not think it will succeed. I will try to prevent it from happening, although the majority of my colleagues are the ones who decide,” he said.

So far, no legislator has formally presented a proposal to tax inheritances. The discussion is closed, at least for now, within Morena.