Custos Is Arrested for Trying to Introduce Drugs and Cell Phones to Tecate Prison
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This time, a blow was dealt to the El Hongo prison in the municipality of Tecate, where a guard was allegedly caught trying to smuggle a package containing drugs and cell phones into the prison. The State Penitentiary System Commission announced that the package was seized after internal inspection protocols were applied.
The commissioner and his escort, injured after an attack, were reported out of danger. The State Prison System Commission of Baja California (CESIPE) assured that it will not allow acts of corruption inside the prisons and confirmed that investigations have already begun to dismantle possible networks operating within the system, this after the seizure of alleged drugs and cell phones in El Hongo I, which resulted in an armed attack against pris…
A guard was caught trying to get methamphetamine and prohibited items into the prison; during his transfer to the FGR, armed individuals ambushed the convoy.
TECATE, B.C., MAY 13, 2026.- An armed attack registered on the Tecate-Tijuana highway, at the intersection with the free road to Ensenada, left two men injured, including the state commissioner of prison custody of Baja California. According to preliminary information, the victims were travelling in an official unit when they were attacked by gunfire by armed subjects. After the attack, a strong operation was deployed by corporations of the thre…
Tijuana, May 12.- The State Prison System Commission of Baja California (CESIPE) reported that the convoy carrying an element of the State Prison Force who wanted to enter the facilities of El Hongo I Prison with contraband was attacked this Tuesday night.
Tecate.- The State Prison Commissioner of the State Prison System in Tecate and one of his escorts were ambushed in an armed attack on Tuesday night, when they transferred a prison guard from El Hongo I Prison, who was arrested when he tried to introduce heroin and cell phones to the prison. The State Prison System Commission of Baja California (CESSPE) reported that prison personnel detected an element of the State Prison Guard Force in possess…
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