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Federal Agents Seize 49 Vehicles Suspected of Being Stolen in Veracruz

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Federal agents seized 49 vehicles suspected of being stolen at a property in Santa Fe, in the municipality of Veracruz.
  • The vehicles included tractor-trailers, semitrailers, tankers, refrigerated trailers, trucks, a van and a motorcycle; no arrests were reported.
  • The search followed a citizen report and involved federal prosecutors, police, forensic experts and security personnel from several Mexican agencies.

A citizen’s report led Mexican federal authorities to a property in Santa Fe, Veracruz, where they found 49 vehicles suspected of being stolen. No one was reported arrested.

Agents from the Federal Attorney General’s Office’s Specialized Regional Control Unit carried out a court-authorized search at the site. They found seven tractor-trailers, three dolly trailers, two vans and a motorcycle, along with 30 semitrailers.

The semitrailers included seven cylindrical tankers, three refrigerated box trailers, two dump trailers, two dry vans and one flatbed. Authorities also listed 14 tanker units and one container carrier. Six trucks were found, five of them cab-and-chassis models.

A federal prosecutor conducted the operation with officers from the Federal Ministerial Police and experts from the Federal Forensic Expertise Center. State police, the National Defense Secretariat, the Navy and the National Guard provided perimeter security.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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