Gun smuggling

A Mexican national living in the U.S. under the protection of an Obama-era program called Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) will be spending more than eight years in prison for leading a straw purchasing ring that supplied firearms to cartel members in Mexico.

A report published on Sunday by the Colombian news program Noticias Caracol revealed how arms traffickers are recruiting young Colombians to ship concealed firearms sent from the United States to Colombia through courier delivery shipments.

Border Patrol agents in Blythe, California, arrested a California man and his 17-year-old brother after a service K-9 alerted the agents to the presence of a large cache of semi-automatic rifles in their vehicle. In total, agents seized 25 AK-style rifles, two handguns, and ammunition magazines on Wednesday in Blythe, California. Jose Palma Almendariz and his teenage brother now face federal charges related to Wednesday’s firearms and magazine seizure.

Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and Border Patrol agents seized guns, ammunition, and cash being smuggled toward Mexico.

The EU has expressed concerns over weapons flowing from Ukraine to Europe, with a minister calling on the bloc to buy and destroy weapons.  

Miliary-grade weaponry in Ukraine is allegedly being sold on to international buyers on the encrypted messaging app Telegram, including some hardware made in the United States.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized multiple firearms, gun parts, and ammunition headed to Mexico. The seizures took place at the Nogales Port of Entry over the weekend.

Authorities in Mexico arrested and formally charged a 14-year-old teenager who allegedly attempted to smuggle a .50 caliber rifle, other weapons, and ammunition from Arizona into Mexico. The teenager is facing federal charges in a juvenile court in Mexico.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the San Diego Sector seized more than 53,000 gun parts being smuggled from China. The incident occurred at the Los Angeles/Long Beach Seaport.

A French former prisoner who had converted to Islam while incarcerated was arrested after trying to have a sub-machine gun delivered to him by post.

A Texan from Brownsville was sentenced to 32 months in federal prison for attempting to smuggle a grenade launcher barrel into Mexico last year.

Autoridades federales mexicanas arrestaron a un residente legal permanente de Carolina del Norte luego de encontrar un cargamento de que habían sido armas escondidas dentro del vehículo que conducía. Se reveló que el hombre entregaría las armas a grupos del crimen organizado en el estado mexicano de Guerrero.

Mexican federal authorities arrested a U.S. legal permanent resident who lived in North Carolina after finding a cache of weapons stashed inside his vehicle. Officials said the man was expected to deliver the guns in the Mexican state of Guerrero.

A U.S. Army Sergeant has pleaded guilty to having bought dozens of assault rifles on behalf of Mexico’s Gulf Cartel.

LAREDO, Texas — A female illegal alien and a Texas man have been sent to prison for their confessed role in a complex gun straw purchasing and smuggling scheme for the Los Zetas cartel. The operation is believed to have successfully moved at least 25 weapons into Mexico.

Emails reveal that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) pushed local law enforcement to scan the license plates of gun show attendees in southern California.

A federal jury in Del Rio, Texas, convicted an American citizen who had been living in Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico, on charges of attempting to smuggle firearms and ammunition into that country.

A long-time drug smuggler for the Gulf Cartel who had been arrested in Texas will spend 18 years in prison for his role in moving large quantities of marijuana and cocaine for the powerful crime syndicate.