A camera system used by a drug gang to monitor the work of Mexico’s regional security services has been seized by police. This is at least 160 cameras, local media reported.
Milenio television, citing police officials, reported on Wednesday that reaching all the places where the criminals were spying on the actions of the officers was possible thanks to the support of the state gendarmerie, the federal police and the Mexican army.
In a statement Wednesday, the San Luis Potosi state gendarmerie did not specify the number of cameras seized, but the photo shows only a dozen devices. Mexican TV reported, citing police sources, that there may be several hundred of them in total.
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“According to official statistics, a total of more than 160 cameras have been seized from the drug trade in the state of San Luis Potosí,” TV Milenio said, adding that traces of the monitoring system were discovered last year.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Mexican Gendarmerie said a surveillance system controlled by a criminal group was used to monitor the activities of security officials in the northern city of San Luis Potosí.
Investigators determined that the group that controlled the work of the police officers was probably a cell of one of the drug cartels from the city of San Luis Rio Colorado, bordering the USA.
Main photo source: Guardia Civil Estatal San Luis Potosi/Facebook
