From Laredo Sun website
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| Laredo US Cops Seize Automatic Weapons | ||
| 2010-06-03 | ||
| There seems to be conflicting versions as to what was seized. The herd seems to think it was 147 AK-47s, which is the latest information, but others including two different AP stories say the quantity is either 147 or 175 "automatic weapons". Short version: There appears to be so much agenda at work in this it is hard to get a final accurate number and breakdown of the types of weapons seized. The BATF website has nothing on this bust, nor does the Webb County, Texas Sheriff's office, nor does the Laredo, Texas police department websites. The Police in Laredo stopped a truck filled with new automatic guns, bayonets and the ammunition, a shipment that, according information Wednesdays weapons by the US authorities, was for Mexico.bound The confiscation of Saturday in the evening took place barely two weeks after Mexican president Felipe Calderón asked to him to the American Congress that helps to restrain the flow of arms of the United States towards Mexico. Acting on a tip from Webb county officials, the police of Laredo stopped a vehicle that contained 175 automatic guns still in their boxes, 200 high capacity magazines, 53 bayonets and 10,000 rounds. AP reports 147 assault rifles, but I suspect the writer wouldn't know an assault rifle if it was shoved up his ass...
Authorities displayed the shipment of arms in a conference hall in the federal building of Laredo Monday that covered half with the floor. Officials claim the seizure is the largest confiscation of arms in ten years in the area of Laredo, which borders Mexico. The Border Patrol officials and the Office of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms also investigated the case. Baeza declined to reveal the names of both suspects arrested in the seizure. The investigator said that the confiscation is important in the context of the recent visit of Calderón to Washington, during which the Mexican chief executive suggested the United States reinstate to prohibition on the sale of automatic guns. Mexico has complained for a long time which its violent war of narcotics traffickers is fed partly by arms acquired in the United States.
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| Posted by:badanov |
| #8 There are at least 3 or 4 companies producing AKs in the US nowadays, from American parts. HOWEVER, these are all self-loading ONLY, and take incredible amounts of time and effort to convert -- cheaper and easier for the gangbangers to just buy a load of military issue AKs along with the dope. If those are the American made rifles, they run $700-1000 per copy, which would be stupid beyond belief for any Mexican drug gang to buy them. Nicaraguan AKs that are military issue run about $250 a copy, let alone if they buy some of the North Korean crap through Panama. |
| Posted by: Shieldwolf 2010-06-03 15:47 |
| #7 That's a lot of money. It also presumes about a hundred and fifty guys ready to use the stuff. They are probably using something now, and this would be an upgrade. Sheeeit. |
| Posted by: Richard Aubrey 2010-06-03 10:58 |
| #6 They are. |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2010-06-03 09:45 |
| #5 Be interesting to know what the source is, especially if they are indeed new. AFAIK AK variants are not manufactured in the US. Anyone have better knowledge? |
| Posted by: Spot 2010-06-03 08:10 |
| #4 What kinds of weapons are in the pic? AKMs Thanks for the pic. I saw that in another website. A lot of AKs, to be sure, but I bet there were 175 weapons total seized of which the AKMs were a large subset. |
| Posted by: badanov 2010-06-03 00:21 |
| #3 What kinds of weapons are in the pic? |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-03 00:14 |
| #2 I'll bet it's AK-47s, and that the story was released before the editor could bring it back into line with the official legacy-media propaganda. |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-06-03 00:11 |
| #1 From Laredo Sun website |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-06-03 00:10 |