The man, a U.S. national, was arrested in possession of weapons used exclusively by the Army; he was wearing a bulletproof vest, night vision helmets and a CIA credential.

An unusual and high-impact event set off the alerts of the Mexican authorities: a man of U.S. nationality was detained by elements of the Security Secretariat of the State of Mexico (SSEM) and the Municipal Police in possession of exclusive Army weapons, tactical equipment and a credential of the Mexican Army.

The report was handled by the Control, Command, Communication, Computing and Quality Center (C5), which channeled the incident to field security units.

According to the official report, upon arriving at the site, members of the Support and Reaction Force (FAR) - who were participating in Operation Argos to strengthen regional security - found a man on the balcony of a housing complex.

He was wearing a helmet, a green tactical vest and was carrying a long gun slung over his shoulder, as well as a knife in his hand. Considering the scene as an active threat to the community, the uniformed officers proceeded to neutralize and disarm the individual, who was found to have a wound on his right hand.

The man, identified as James “N”, was arrested on charges of disturbing the public order and carrying weapons for the exclusive use of the Army.

During his transfer to the hospital, the security forces found among his belongings a CIA badge and credential.

The subsequent inspection of the apartment where he was staying revealed a high caliber arsenal: four pistols of different models, two Colt 5.56 mm assault rifles (one without cartridges), more than 100 rounds of ammunition, magazines, a combat knife, ballistic vests, helmets -one with a digital camera and night vision-, tactical goggles, lamps and advanced protection equipment.

After receiving medical attention, James “N” was handed over to the Special Affairs Prosecutor’s Office (FAE) of the State of Mexico.

The agency opened an investigation to clarify the origin of the weapons, the validity of his alleged CIA credentials and the reasons for his stay in the area.

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    13 days ago

    He got porque and por qué confused so he probably isn’t. Gringo mistake.

    i say as if I haven’t made the same mistake a million times

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      Yup I’m not a speaker of the language, the 2nd part of my message explains I used an auto translator and apologizing for mistakes.

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        12 days ago

        I meant the person you responded to. Your Spanish was flawless and I wouldn’t’ve known you didn’t speak it if you hadn’t said so.

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          12 days ago

          I assumed they just forgot a space between Por and Qué. Or that it was a linguistic law I was unaware of.

          I’m planning to take some classes in Spanish soon so I’ve tried to pay better attention in order to prepare myself.

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            12 days ago

            Oh then since you don’t know, let me explain. Porque (no spaces) means because. Por qué (two words, with an accent) means why. Since they get mixed up a lot, people often just write “pq” to mean either so if you see that on the hispanic internet that’s what that means.

            Also all question words have an accent so use that to remember which is which.

            English Español
            Who? ¿Quién?
            What? ¿Qué?
            Where? ¿Dónde?
            When? ¿Cuándo?
            Why? ¿Por qué?
            How? ¿Cómo?
            Which? ¿Cuál?

            I think lemmygrad has a community for learning Spanish but it’s dead