Thread: Assault rifles seized at Hidalgo border bridge

C.B.P. News Release

CBP Officers, Border Patrol Agents at Hidalgo International Bridge Seize Assault Rifles and Magazines

(Tuesday, April 19, 2011)

Hidalgo, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents working at the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge seized 11 assault rifles and 12 high-capacity ammunition magazines during an outbound enforcement operation.

On April 15, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents working outbound enforcement operations at the Hidalgo/Reynosa International Bridge came in contact with a 1994 Ford F-150 pickup truck that was headed south into Mexico. The driver was identified as a 41-year-old U.S. citizen from Edinburg, Texas.

A CBP officer referred the driver and vehicle to secondary for further inspection. In secondary, officers seized 11 assault type rifles and 12 high-capacity ammunition magazines. All were discovered hidden within the pickup truck. The Ford F-150 pickup truck was also seized by CBP.

The male traveler was transferred to the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – Homeland Security Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives for further investigation.

“Our frontline CBP officers and U.S. Border Patrol agents continue working hard to secure our nation’s borders by preventing the illegal exportation of military type weapons into Mexico,â€

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From the McAllen Monitor

11 assault rifles seized at Hidalgo bridge
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-235191.html

So does the government re-sell the guns to a gun dealer or do they destroy them?

(Or sell them to the cartel?)

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

So does the government re-sell the guns to a gun dealer or do they destroy them?

(Or sell them to the cartel?)

maybe the law enforcement agency that catches them gets to use them.
if they cant, i would hope the weapons would be destroyed

Originally Posted by jamesw62

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2

So does the government re-sell the guns to a gun dealer or do they destroy them?

(Or sell them to the cartel?)

maybe the law enforcement agency that catches them gets to use them.
if they cant, i would hope the weapons would be destroyed

Most of the "assault rifles" going into Mexico are AK 47s, which are communist made weapons.
No U.S. military branch or law enforcement agency uses AK 47s for that reason.

Weapons of the Vietnam War
This made location very difficult as the target heard only the crack of the ... Renowned for it's durability, the AK-47 is shorter and heavier than the .... manufacture of the weapon in the USSR stopped in 1954, but continued in other Communist countries ...
www.173rdairborne.com/weapons.htm