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So what was found at the home during the search? The judge assigned to the case has sealed the search warrant returns, preventing the public from knowing.
"Everything they think they're gonna find in there, they find," Storie said.
Handguns, assault rifles, part of a law enforcement uniform and body armor were found, he said. Along with a portrait of Jesús Malverde, the patron saint of drug running. The portrait was found under the suspect's bed face up, Storie said.

Storie believes that Guerena and/or the group he was allegedly working with used the law enforcement uniforms to invade other homes.

Interesting. Why didn't they say this from the beginning?

He might have been dirty as heck — the question is how does the homicide team get off with acting as if they knew that before the evidence shows up? And even if they did, should not the effort of police be to cleanly arrest the suspect alive to be put to trial? Let him be hanged later for the drug crimes (aside from that we don’t usually hang people for non homicides any more).

I’d like to see that poster fingerprint and DNA tested. To be fair if it was there it’s something Guerena’s wife would have known about. As a plant she would be, of course, unaware. If she sues and asks for that then that should raise suspicious antennae high.

"Handguns, assault rifles, part of a law enforcement uniform and body armor were found, he said. Along with a portrait of Jesús Malverde, the patron saint of drug running. The portrait was found under the suspect's bed face up, Storie said."

OMG. If my house were searched right now, they could say they found weapons and ammunition. As an Army vet, they could also say they found 'military uniforms and equipment' (albeit some BDUs and my Mess Dress hanging in a closet gathering dust). Certainly my hiking stuff could be described as 'survival gear' (Bergen pack, wire saw, compass, Camelback, etc.). After they shot my dog, they could say that I had the residence guarded by a vicious animal (who's to say he's friendly as a kitten after he's been shot?). I have a number of WWII history books on my shelves, so technically they could also say they found, "pictures of Adolf Hitler" (neatly ommitting Churchill, FDR, etc.) in the residence.

Oh...and since I get some mice every now and then, they could fairly say that they found 'numerous deadly traps," throughout the house. Once they searched my laptop, no doubt, my time on FR would be described as "membership to a controversial, ultra-right wing web site."

Interesting. Why didn't they say this from the beginning?

This is the attorney for the SWAT team that is disclosing this information. I would assume that he had the OK from PCSO to do so but up until now the SO was the only agency releasing anything. Frankly, I don't find any of this stuff to be remarkable. There are quite a few homes down here where you could find "several" tactical weapons and I believe that body armor is issued to a lot of our guys in Afghanistan so it wouldn't be the least bit surprising that a veteran of that theater came home with a "souvenir".

What I find startling is that no drugs or anything else worth an arrest was found at any of the homes searched regarding this particular incident. If this "organization" was really a rip team then there must have been something in one of these houses. I'm kind of leaning toward the idea that Guerena knew someone who was dirty (probably at the mine) and may have opened up his yap just enough so that the "confidential informant" that was apparently being squeezed felt the urge to "confess".