22,400 rounds of ammo seized heading south
by Hugh Holub on Jul. 15, 2011, under customs and border protection, politics
Photo Courtesy of US Customs and Border Protection
Press Release from Department of Homeland Security – Customs and Border Protection:
Nogales CBP Officers Seize Large Amount of Ammunition During Outbound Operations
More than 22,400 rounds and 70 magazines for assault weapons seized
NOGALES, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers conducting outbound inspections at the Mariposa Commercial Port seized more than 22,400 rounds of ammunition and 70 magazine cartridges Wednesday that was hidden in a tractor-trailer.
At approximately 9 p.m., CBP officers selected a 26-year-old Mexican citizen from Sinaloa, Mexico, and the tractor-trailer he was driving for inspection. During a search of the vehicle’s cab, officers lifted the bed inside the sleeper compartment to inspect underneath and discovered boxes of ammunition and magazines for weapons.
Acting Port Director Craig Hope applauded the CBP officers on the seizure.
“Stopping weapons and ammunition from going out to the criminal organizations is just as important as stopping the drugs and other threats from coming into the United States,” he said.
Since launching the Southwest Border Initiative in March 2009, unprecedented shifts in staffing and infrastructure at the Ports of Arizona have brought a higher level of focus and intensity to their operations. These shifts have resulted in higher narcotics interceptions and tougher outbound enforcement operations yielding record illicit currency, weapons, and wanted felon interceptions.
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The Office of Field Operations is responsible for securing our borders at the ports of entry. While the primary mission is anti-terrorism, officers screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States, while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel into and out of the country. Their mission also includes carrying out traditional border-related responsibilities, such as narcotics interdiction, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and protecting the nation’s food supply and agriculture industry from pests and diseases.
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COMMENT: Would be very interesting to find out where the guy from Sinaloa got that much ammo. Can you imagine someone walking into the Wal Mart and asking “can you give me 20,000 rounds for my collection of AK 47s?”
And do you wonder if the ammo was going for all those guns ATF “walked” to the Mexican drug cartels?
Interesting to contemplate:
Drug cartels smuggle drugs into the US to sell to US drug users.
Money from cartel drug sales buys guns and ammo in the US.
Guns and ammo bought in the US are then smuggled south.
Guns and ammo bought in the US then used by cartels to kill lots of people in Mexico.
I doubt if that was the intention of the North American Free Trade Agreement.
July 15th, 2011 on 6:08 am
No such thing as a magazine cartridge – a magazine can hold cartridges – also referred to as rounds – an empty cartridge or shell casing is an expended round…but, thank you so much for not referring to them as bullets. Interesting article.
July 20th, 2011 on 7:23 am
The ‘magazine cartridges’ nonsense aside (at least the ‘reporter’ didn’t say the ammo was for AK47 revolvers), the so-called ‘comment’ following the article was better. If you want to know about guns bought in the US being used to kill people in Mejico, ask the ATF. You know, that “Fast and Furious” brainstorm of theirs. But here’s the thing. You don’t get selective fire AK’s or M16′s or RPG’s other such weapons here in the US. You get them from your various international arms dealers, or South American and Central American warlords, who smuggle them into Mejico through those other borders, or by air, or by small craft bringing them ashore on beaches (other than the ones at Cancun). Try this for a start: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/04/02/myth-percent-small-fraction-guns-mexico-come/ Do a little research rather than relying on garbage ‘reporting’.