Veracruz authorities seized 180 slot machines during operations at 15 establishments in Xalapa, the state prosecutor’s office said. The searches were carried out under a court order; the machines were suspected of belonging to a criminal group accused of demanding payments from businesses where they were installed.
The seizure removes 180 suspected illegal machines from establishments in Xalapa.
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Federal and municipal authorities seized 52 unauthorised slot machines from businesses in Tonalá, Jalisco. Officials sealed the premises and transferred the machines to the FGR for legal processing. Local authorities said they would continue inspections; the report noted no reported arrests.
Authorities in Mexico’s Michoacán state seized 98 slot machines operating without federal authorisation during searches in Lázaro Cárdenas. The state prosecutor’s office executed 12 warrants with support from federal and local security forces; authorities said the machines lacked the required permits and were referred to the competent authority.
Michoacán’s state prosecutor’s office said it seized 83 slot machines in Madero during 11 searches linked to investigations into drug offences and extortion. Investigators estimate the machines generated more than MX$500,000 a month for criminal organisations; no arrests had been reported, and the equipment was placed in prosecutors’ custody.
The Government of Michoacán reported that authorities had disabled 4,391 illegal slot machines during the current administration. Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla said the machines represented estimated illicit flows exceeding MXN 631 million a year, and that enforcement operations involved state and federal security forces. The government said it would continue inspections and seizures.
The Michoacán government said it destroyed 721 slot machines seized across the state. Governor Alfredo Ramírez Bedolla said 4,383 machines had been seized during his administration and attributed MXN 8.65m in monthly income to criminal groups operating them. The state said 48 people had been detained this year for extortion offences.