The Municipal Police of Toluca, in the State of Mexico, arrested two Cuban nationals accused of their alleged involvement in muggings and drug dealing in the vicinity of the Fundadores Science Park.
The detainees have been identified as W. N., 27 years old, and J. N., 23, as reported by the Toluca City Council in an official statement.
The capture occurred at the intersection of Santos Degollado and Plaza España streets, in the San Miguel Apinahuisco Sur neighborhood, after operators from the Municipal Command Center tracked the suspects' movements in real-time using the city's surveillance cameras.
According to the authorities, the two young men were being investigated for allegedly robbing passersby using a motorcycle and selling drugs in that area of Toluca.
During the search, the officers found 10 bags of suspected marijuana, five inside the backpack of each detainee.
W. and J. were brought before the Attorney General's Office of the State of Mexico, responsible for determining their legal status.
They were later handed over to the National Institute of Migration (INM) to verify their immigration status in Mexico and determine whether deportation is warranted.
At the beginning of September, a Cuban was arrested in Sinaloa along with four Colombians in an operation where authorities seized nine AK-47 rifles and around five kilograms of suspected marijuana.
In August, another citizen of the island was arrested in Cancun with over 100 doses of illegal substances.
Also, Carlos Alejandro "N," 33 years old, was arrested days earlier in Cancun, being investigated for alleged drug dealing and multiple thefts from businesses, pedestrians, and vehicles.
At the end of June, seven Cubans were arrested in Holbox, Quintana Roo during an operation in which substances identified by authorities as marijuana, cocaine, crack, and ecstasy were seized.
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