Jorge Hank Rhon
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Mexican Attorney General's Office found probable cause to charge former Tijuana Mayor Hank Rhon for weapons arsenal.
By H. Nelson Goodson
June 9, 2011
Mexico City, Mexico - On Wednesday, the Mexican Federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) reported that Jorge Hank Rhon, 55, had been transferred to the Hongo federal prison in Tecate, Baja Califronia after federal investigators found probable cause to charge Rhon and 10 other suspects with illegal possession of weapons. Rhon, a self proclaimed billionaire served as Tijuana Mayor between 2004 to 2007 for the PRI political party.
On June 4, military personnel found 88 weapons, 9,250 cartridges and a gas grenade at Rhon's residence in Tijuana, Baja California. Investigators from the PGR found that only 10 of the 88 weapons recovered from Rhon's residence were legally license. Four weapons had permit numbers 186 from the State Public Security of Baja California, one had a permit number 6 from the Secretary of Federal Public Security, and 5 other weapons had individual permits assigned to other people not in custody. 78 remaining weapons had no permits or a license.
Two of the weapons, a .40 Caliber and a .380 Caliber were used in several homicides in Baja California, the PGR confirmed. Rhon has denied both weapons belong to him.
From the 88 weapons that were confiscated, 49 weapons are exclusively reserved for the use by the military and 39 weapons can be possessed by individuals, if a license or permit had been issued by a state or federal government.
Federal investigators confirmed, from the 9,250 cartridges confiscated, 8,944 were for military use only and 306 cartridges were deemed legal when a permit is issued.
Rhon and the following suspects, Juan Ignacio Parra Santos, Luis Alfonso Sánchez Solis, César Pérez Guerrero, Javier Marcopolo Ayala Roldán, Rubén Muñoz Nava, Víctor Manuel de la Torre Horta, Marco Antonio Trinidad Gómez, Rigoberto González López, Carlos Gonzalo Pérez Contreras and Ramón López Apodaca are facing federal charges for illegal possession of weapons and ammunition exclusively used by the military, according to the federal PGR.
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Mexican Attorney General's Office found probable cause to charge former Tijuana Mayor Hank Rhon for weapons arsenal.
By H. Nelson Goodson
June 9, 2011
Mexico City, Mexico - On Wednesday, the Mexican Federal Attorney General's Office (PGR) reported that Jorge Hank Rhon, 55, had been transferred to the Hongo federal prison in Tecate, Baja Califronia after federal investigators found probable cause to charge Rhon and 10 other suspects with illegal possession of weapons. Rhon, a self proclaimed billionaire served as Tijuana Mayor between 2004 to 2007 for the PRI political party.
On June 4, military personnel found 88 weapons, 9,250 cartridges and a gas grenade at Rhon's residence in Tijuana, Baja California. Investigators from the PGR found that only 10 of the 88 weapons recovered from Rhon's residence were legally license. Four weapons had permit numbers 186 from the State Public Security of Baja California, one had a permit number 6 from the Secretary of Federal Public Security, and 5 other weapons had individual permits assigned to other people not in custody. 78 remaining weapons had no permits or a license.
Two of the weapons, a .40 Caliber and a .380 Caliber were used in several homicides in Baja California, the PGR confirmed. Rhon has denied both weapons belong to him.
From the 88 weapons that were confiscated, 49 weapons are exclusively reserved for the use by the military and 39 weapons can be possessed by individuals, if a license or permit had been issued by a state or federal government.
Federal investigators confirmed, from the 9,250 cartridges confiscated, 8,944 were for military use only and 306 cartridges were deemed legal when a permit is issued.
Rhon and the following suspects, Juan Ignacio Parra Santos, Luis Alfonso Sánchez Solis, César Pérez Guerrero, Javier Marcopolo Ayala Roldán, Rubén Muñoz Nava, Víctor Manuel de la Torre Horta, Marco Antonio Trinidad Gómez, Rigoberto González López, Carlos Gonzalo Pérez Contreras and Ramón López Apodaca are facing federal charges for illegal possession of weapons and ammunition exclusively used by the military, according to the federal PGR.
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