Arrested Mexican man confessed to have "dissolved" 300 bodies

ENSENADA — Gunmen fired more than 200 rounds at a police station early Monday morning, but no one was injured, according to the Baja California Attorney General's Office.

The attack took place just after 3 a.m. at the La Misión station and left bullet holes in the walls and damaged five patrol cars, according to the Attorney General's Office.

Nearby, authorities found three assault rifles and bullets inside a Chevrolet SUV and a pickup, both of which were reported stolen from California.

Authorities do not have a motive, but they believe it may have been in retaliation for the arrest of Santiago Meza López, 45, who confessed to dissolving more than 300 bodies for a drug cartel, according to the Mexican federal Attorney General's Office.

TIJUANA, BAJA CALIFORNIA.- Elementos del Ejército Mexicano y de la Policía Federal detuvieron a Santiago Meza López, quien se autodenomina “El Pozolero del Teo” y que según sus primeras declaraciones asegura haber matado a 300 personas el año pasado.

Meza López dijo que a todas sus víctimas las colocaba en tambos y les vertía ácido, algo que en la jerga del narcotráfico se conoce como “hacerlas pozole”.

El detenido, de 45 años de edad, es originario de Guamúchil Sinaloa y se encuentra en el número 20 en la lista de los más buscados por el Buró Federal de Investigaciones de Estados Unidos (FBI).

Santiago Meza, called the "stew maker", said he was paid $600 (£440) a week to dissolve the bodies of murdered rival gang members in caustic soda.