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Two women arrested in Sonora with $385,000; FGR investigates alleged money laundering
🇲🇽 Mexico /Crime & Justice

Two women arrested in Sonora with $385,000; FGR investigates alleged money laundering

From El Universal · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.

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  • Federal authorities in Sonora, Mexico, arrested two women traveling on a bus with over $385,000 USD.
  • The Attorney General's Office is investigating the women for suspected involvement in money laundering.
  • The money was seized after an anonymous tip led police to the bus on a highway near Hermosillo.

Two women have been arrested in Sonora, Mexico, after authorities discovered they were carrying more than $385,000 in U.S. currency on a passenger bus. The Attorney General's Office (FGR) has launched an investigation into the individuals for their alleged involvement in illicit financial activities.

The arrests were made following an anonymous tip that led federal agents to a bus traveling on Mexico's Federal Highway 15, near Hermosillo. Upon inspecting the vehicle, police identified and detained the two women described in the tip. Authorities seized the substantial amount of U.S. dollars from their possession.

As the women could not provide documentation to prove the legal origin of the funds, they were handed over to the Specialized Regional Prosecutor's Office (Fecor) in the state. The federal prosecutor will determine their legal status within constitutional time limits while continuing the investigation into the suspected money laundering operation.

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Originally published by El Universal in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.

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