On the night of Friday, February 21, the alleged arrest of several armed and hooded men who were traveling in luxury SUVs on Avenue 41 between 18 and 20, in the Juan Pablo II subdivision in Mérida, was announced on social networks.
The next day, the Yucatán Police arrested them and stated that they were nine hunters, seven of them Americans.
On Friday night, the version circulated that agents from the Ministry of Public Security (SSP) and the Yucatan Prosecutor’s Office aboard five vehicles arrived on that road and transferred the hooded men to the building on the second one, located in the Anillo Periférico of Mérida.
In the photos that social media users shared, it is observed that those now identified as hunters are wearing green pants, camouflage camisoles similar to military ones, black boots, and a cap.
On Saturday morning, the 22nd, the SSP reported, in a statement, that its officers searched nine people who were traveling in two vehicles in the Juan Pablo II subdivision, in the west of Mérida.
Before the SSP police, the corporation said, the men identified themselves as members of the Association of Shooters, Hunters and Fishermen Associated of Matamoros, A.C.
They also showed the documentation with which they proved the legal origin and possession of the 10 shotguns and cartridges they were carrying. They also presented hunting permits.
The driver of Mexican nationality and three American companions were traveling in a white Tahoe truck with plates from the state of Tamaulipas, the SSP said.
In a white Jeep with Yucatan license plates, he added, there was the driver, also Mexican, and four American companions.
The way the nine hunters transported the shotguns complies with current regulations, stated the SSP, because they were in the trunks, in their cases, not loaded and separated from the cartridges.
As part of the inspection protocol, he added, the state police verified with the Secretariat of National Defense (Sedena) of Mexico the authenticity of the documentation presented.
After reviewing and authenticating the vehicles, weapons, and corresponding permits, the officers allowed the people to continue their journey, the statement concluded.
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