A man was detained by elements of the Mexican Army for possession of assault rifles and munitions, according to Mexican press reports.Ernesto Alonso Campos Villezcas, AKA El Neto, 30, of Cuauhtemoc Chihuahua, was stopped while driving a stolen Lincoln LT pickup truck Saturday afternoon by the army acting on an anonymous tip.
Confiscated were: three M-4 carbines with magazines and 840 .223 cartridges, an AK-47 assault rifle with five magazines and 150 7.62x39mm cartridges, one M4 carbine chambered for 5.56mm, seven 9mm magazines and 230 9mm cartridges, one fragmentary hand grenade, two portable radios, a stolen Lincoln pickup truck and two bandoleros.