AZMEX EXTRA 15-11-17

AZMEX EXTRA 15 NOV 2017


Man smuggling guns, ammo to Mexico stopped at port
Release Date: November 15, 2017

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/local-media-release/man-smuggling-guns-ammo-mexico-stopped-port

TUCSON, Ariz. – Customs and Border Protection officers at Arizona's Port of Nogales apprehended an 18-year-old male U.S. citizen Tuesday evening after finding weapons and ammunition under the front and rear seats of the Chevy sedan he was driving.
Officers working outbound operations at the Mariposa crossing selected the man for an outbound inspection as he was leaving the United States. Subsequently, officers located five assault rifles, two handguns, and more than 800 rounds of ammunition.

Weapons found in sedan

Officers arrested the man for weapons trafficking and turned him over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations. Officers also seized the vehicle, ammunition and weapons.

Federal law allows officers to charge individuals by complaint, a method that allows the filing of charges for criminal activity without inferring guilt. An individual is presumed innocent unless and until competent evidence is presented to a jury that establishes guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
CBP's Office of Field Operations is the primary organization within Homeland Security tasked with an anti-terrorism mission at our nation's ports. CBP officers screen all people, vehicles and goods entering the United States while facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel. Their mission also includes carrying out border-related duties, including 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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Decomisan arsenal and methamphetamines in Mariposa
Details Published on Wednesday, November 15, 2017,
Written by Marco A. Flores

http://www.eldiariodesonora.com.mx/notas.php?nota=101316

Nogales, Az

A young man just of age was arrested with an arsenal, while a woman was assured a shipment of methamphetamine, when both intended to cross through the local posts, in separate cases.

According to the official report of Customs and Border Protection (CBP, for its acronym in English), in the first case, the subject of 18 years and American nationality, was apprehended with several assault rifles and municipalities, under and behind the seats of a Chevy seden he was driving.

He was intercepted by federal agents at the Mariposa exit, when he was looking to cross to the Mexican side, with five long guns, two pistols and more than 800 useful cartridges.

In the other case, a 42-year-old woman, also a legal resident of Arizona, was detained in Mariposa when she tried to cross with thirty packs of methamphetamine, which were valued at $ 101,000.

They were hidden in the box of a Ford F-150 double-cab pick-up, and were stopped and turned over to Immigration and Customs Control for processing, along with the drug and the unit.

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