Arsenal in Sonora

The Mexican Army confiscated a large firearms cache in Navojoa, Sonora.

The following arsenal and other items were seized:

75 rifles
70,000 cartridges of different calibers
355 magazines for different rifles
2 Hand grenades
2 silencers
1 pistol
Uniforms with fake police logos
11 vehicles, among these were 2 cloned police vehicles

Some of the rifles and police uniforms

The extend of the items seized that includes assault weapons, police uniforms and anti-ballistic vests.

Some of the vehicles seized.

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Arsenal Found in Sinaloa

After a gun battle with cartel gunmen, an arsenal of weapons and tactical gear were found by army troops in the rural community of La Chivería, Sinaloa.

All different kinds of rifles and handguns.

 

The weapons were found in a underground storage bunker.

 

The weapons were numerous.

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Border Patrol Seizes Guns

Border Patrol seizes guns, ammo at El Paso bridge.

The Associated Press

El Paso, Texas - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers have seized two high-powered rifles and 4,000 round of ammunition from a pickup truck heading across an El Paso bridge to Mexico.

A CBP statement issued Friday says the seizure came about 5;40 p.m. Wednesday at the Bridge of the Americas international crossing between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Officers chose an older-model pickup truck for a close inspection after the driver declared he had nothing to declare before leaving the country.

A search turned up ammunition boxes concealed in a wall panel of the truck. Agents say a more-intensive search turned up two AK-47 rifles, 4,000 rounds of ammunition and several high-capacity magazines concealed throughout the vehicle.

The driver, 24-year-old Mexican national Daniel Avalos Ruiz of Ciudad Juarez, remains in federal custody in the El Paso County jail without bond.

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U.S. Woman Attempts to Smuggle Arsenal to Mexico

A U.S. woman was arrested by Mexican authorities for trafficking in weapons while traveling with a child. The PGR found inside her car a shipment of weapons that were allegedly introduced to Mexico illegally.

Federal prosecutors filed charges in a federal court against "Veronica Alvarez Toscano for her probable responsibility in the commission of the crime of violation of the law for possession of firearms under her control and smuggling the weapons within the national territory of Mexico," testified the Mexican officials.

The arrest occurred in Sonora, when customs agents were searching her car found 41 AK-47 rifles "cuernos de chivo," a Colt .50-caliber rifle and a telescopic sight, among other different types of arsenal.

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