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Heavily armed man with bullet proof truck taken down in Bacalar

Bacalar, Q.R. — Authorities seized drugs, firearms, live ammunition and an armored truck from a vehicle in the municipality of Bacalar after an armed confrontation. Police made the takedown during a search operation for missing persons in the town of El Gallito.

During that missing persons search operation, personnel were fired upon by subjects from inside a white truck in the middle of the woods. The attack took place outside the town of El Gallito near the Campeche border. After the attack, the men abandoned the truck and fled on foot, however, one of them was captured by police.

“The arrested man, identified as Carlos Alberto “N”, is accused of his probable participation in possible acts of drug dealing,” the State Attorney General (FGE) reported after a search of the vehicle revealed drugs and weapons.

“The detainee and the seized evidence were placed at the disposal of the Public Prosecutor’s Office,” the Fiscalía General del Estado (FGE) said in a statement Thursday.