“Sol Prendido” for Borderland Beat
Edmundo, 23, nicknamed El 17, was arrested by Tijuana municipal police on Tuesday afternoon in possession of a 9 millimeter caliber firearm. El 17 has an active arrest warrant for aggravated homicide for his probable participation in the murder of Officer Leon Bueno Loreto on November 24 in the Capistrano neighborhood.
“Last Tuesday afternoon, officers captured a suspicious subject in the streets of the Patrimonio Familiar neighborhood, who at the time was in possession of a firearm, which will be examined to determine its possible use in acts of violence,” reads the official statement from the Tijuana municipal police.
Edmundo “N”, 23, is allegedly linked to an organized crime group, according to information from the ongoing investigation, which indicates that a group of armed men in three cars followed 51-year-old Loreto to his home and shot him more than ten times with 9 millimeter and .40 caliber weapons when he got out of his Nissan Sentra.
El 17 was handed over to the Attorney General’s Office for the possession of the weapon, while the Attorney General’s Office will follow up and coordinate with the State Prosecutor’s Office regarding the arrest warrant.
Zeta Tijuana Borderland Beat Archives