AZMEX EXTRA 17 APR 2019
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They seize in customs of the Country 1,700 weapons
By: Eliana Alvarado | 04/17/2019 5:37
https://www.elimparcial.com/Nacional/2019/04/17/1424343-Aseguran-en-aduanas-del-Pais-mil-700-armas.html
HERMOSILLO, Sonora (GH)
More than 1,700 firearms have been seized among the 49 customs points of the country in the last four months,
said the general administrator of customs, Ricardo Peralta Saucedo.
So far in the current federal administration, he said, they have also secured nearly four kilos of drugs, mainly cocaine and fentanyl precursors.
He assured that all these seizures have been possible with the use of technologies with which the customs points have been in place for years,
but that they had been underused and did not meet the objective.
Although he did not specify the data of seizures for Sonora or other border states, he affirmed that the main problem is the same in all the country's borders:
"It is the arrival of drugs from some parts of the world that passes through Mexico and passes to the United States,
the entry of irregular vehicles, weapons, everywhere is very similar. "
He said that in one of the first seizures of this administration, 1,400 new magazines of the so-called "cuernos de chivo" (AK)
were seized, but even though this seizure was achieved, it is not known for which criminal group they were or where the weapons are.
"We do not know if the weapons are in here, if they are coming, where the cartridges are,
but they are just weapons, objects to be damaged, and that is what we have to attack," he said.
Peralta Saucedo presented yesterday to the Sonoran businessmen the "National Customs Strategy", which, he said,
goes from the re-launching of the Customs of Mexico brand to the technological use and changes in the legal framework of the institution.
PLAN TO REDUCE WAITING TIMES AT THE BORDER
With the promise of reducing waiting times by up to 80%, the new X-ray inspection systems at the border crossings
will be operational in about six months, assured the general administrator of Customs Mexico, Ricardo Peralta Saucedo.
Without specifying amounts of investment, he indicated that high technology will be acquired in X-rays
that will be installed on both sides of the border between Mexico and the United States, which will take a first image of the merchandise to be crossed.
"Then, 200 meters before arriving at the border crossing, a photo is taken with some stops at the moment the light heavy vehicle passes,
passes those stops and takes a picture of the chassis,
that's to do a data mining of everything that happens inside our Country towards the United States and towards here, "he explained.
This change will mean eliminating the semaphores that are used up to now and the revision will be non-intrusive, said the official,
only in the case of vehicles in which illicit products are detected will they be separated from the normal line.
"The line will be advancing at approximately 30 kilometers per hour, which will not only increase vehicle traffic,
but also increase foreign trade, which will encourage investments," he said.
WILL USE TECHNOLOGY
The project is part of the objectives that the institution has for the coming months,
focused on the use of technology to ensure better reviews at all customs points.
Peralta Saucedo said that the Customs of Mexico has for several years with technological equipment
that has not been used in the right way, which has led to illegal goods entering the country.
He cited as an example that in a review that was made at the data processing center in Queretaro,
where the 49 customs offices in the country are monitored in real time, it was detected that the 15 thousand cameras were poorly located.
TOPICS: CUSTOMS OF MEXICO, FIREARMS, ARMS CONFISCATION
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