Border Patrol Agents Seize 36,000 Rounds of Ammo

Border Patrol Agents Seize Ammunition, Marijuana

Posted: Feb 24, 2014 4:19 PM
Updated: Feb 24, 2014 5:52 PM

STARR COUNTY - Border Patrol agents seized more than 36,000 rounds of ammunition and approximately $7 million worth of marijuana.

The ammunition was seized after agents received a tip about suspicious activity in the Rio Grande City area. During the search, agents saw eight people swimming across the river to Mexico.

The ammunition was in the bed of a Chevrolet Trailblazer. The ammunition is the caliber used in AK-47-type rifles.

The marijuana load was confiscated at the Falfurrias checkpoint. Agents said a man was trying to smuggle more than 3,000 pounds of the drug through the checkpoint. The man was arrested.

http://www.krgv.com/news/border-patr...ion-marijuana/

That is a lot of ammo. AK-47s are Russian made weapons available all over South America.

1. AK-47 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
   
   en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AK-47‎
   
   It has been manufactured in many countries and has seen service with armed forces as well as irregular forces worldwide. The AK-47was the basis for ...‎Mikhail Kalashnikov - ‎StG 44 - ‎7.62×39mm - ‎Comparison of the AK-47
   
   . . . Production outside of the Soviet Union/Russia
   
   Military variants only. Includes new designs substantially derived from the Kalashnikov.
   

   Country	Variant(s)
   Albania	Automatiku Shqiptar model 56 (ASH-78 Tip-1) Albanian Automatic Assault Rifle Model 56 Type-1 [Made in Poliçan Arsenal] (Straight forward copy of Type 56, which in turn is a clone of the Soviet AKM rifle) Automatiku Shqiptar Tipi 1982 (ASH-82) Albanian Automatic Assault Rifle Type 1982 [Made in Poliçan Arsenal] (Straight forward copy of AKMS) Automatiku Shqiptar model 56 (ASH-78 Tip-2) Albanian Light Machine Gun [Made in Poliçan Arsenal] (Straight forward copy of RPK) Automatiku Shqiptar model 56 (ASH-78 Tip-3) Albanian Automatic Hybrid Rifle Model 56 Type-3 [Made in Poliçan Arsenal] (Hybrid rifle for multi-purpose roles mainly Marksman rifle with secondary assault rifle and grenade launcher capability) Other unknown variants. Several other unnamed & unidentified versions of the AKMS have been produce mainly with short barrels similar to the Soviet AKS-74U mainly for special forces, Tank & Armoured crew also for Helicopter pilots and police. There have also been modifications and fresh production of heavily modified ASh-82 (AKMS) with SOPMOD accessories, mainly for Albania's special forces RENEA & exports.
   Armenia	K-3 (bullpup, 5.45×39mm)
   Azerbaijan	Khazri (AK-74M)[69]
   Bangladesh	Chinese Type 56
   Bulgaria	AKK/AKKS (Type 3 AK-47/w. side-folding buttstock) AKKMS (AKMS), AKKN-47 (fittings for NPSU night sights) AK-47M1 (Type 3 with black polymer furniture) AK-47MA1/AR-M1 (same as -M1, but in 5.56 mm NATO) AKS-47M1 (AKMS in 5.56×45mm NATO) AKS-47S (AK-47M1, short version, with East German folding stock, laser aiming device) AKS-47UF (short version of -M1, Russian folding stock), AR-SF (same as −47UF, but 5.56 mm NATO) AKS-93SM6 (similar to −47M1, cannot use grenade launcher) RKKS (RPK), AKT-47 (.22 rimfire training rifle)
   Cambodia	Chinese Type 56, Soviet AK-47, and AKM
   People's Republic of China	Type 56
   Colombia	Galil ACE
   Croatia	APS-95
   Cuba	AKM[70]
   East Germany[71]	MPi-K/MPi-KS (AK-47/AKS) MPi-KM (AKM; wooden and plastic stock), MPi-KMS-72 (side-folding stock), MPi-KMS-K (carbine) MPi-AK-74N (AK-74), MPi-AKS-74N (side-folding stock), MPi-AKS-74NK (carbine) KK-MPi Mod.69 (.22 LR select-fire trainer)
   Egypt	AK-47, Misr assault rifle (AKM), Maadi
   Ethiopia	AK-47, AK-103 (manufactured locally at the State-run Gafat Armament Engineering Complex as the Et-97/1)[72]
   Finland	Rk 62, Valmet M76 (other names Rk 62 76, M62/76), Valmet M78 (light machine gun), Rk 95 Tp
   Hungary[65]	AK-55 (domestic manufacture of the 2nd Model AK-47) AKM-63 (also known as AMD-63 in the US; modernized AK-55), AMD-65M (modernized AKM-63, shorter barrel and side-folding stock), AMP-69 (rifle grenade launcher) AK-63F/D (other name AMM/AMMSz), AK-63MF (modernized) NGM-81 (5.56×45mm NATO; fixed and under-folding stock)
   India	INSAS (fixed and side-folding stock), KALANTAK (carbine), INSAS light machine gun (fixed and side-folding stock) Trichy Assault Rifle 7.62 mm, manufactured by Ordnance Factory Tiruchirappalli ofOrdnance Factories Board[73]
   Iran	KLS/KLF (AK-47/AKS), KLT (AKMS)
   Iraq	Tabuk Sniper Rifle, Tabuk Assault Rifle (with fixed or underfolding stock, outright clones of Yugoslavian M70 rifles series), Tabuk Short Assault Rifle
   Israel	IMI Galil: AR (assault/battle rifle), ARM (assault rifle/light machine gun), SAR (carbine), MAR (compact carbine), Sniper (sniper rifle), SR-99 (sniper rifle) Galil ACE
   Italy	Bernardelli <acronym title="vBulletin">VB</acronym>-STD/<acronym title="vBulletin">VB</acronym>-SR (Galil AR/SAR)[74]
   Nigeria	Produced by the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria as OBJ-006[75][76]
   North Korea	Type 58A/B (Type 3 AK-47/w. stamped steel folding stock), Type 68A/B (AKM/AKMS), Type 88 (AKS-74)[77][78]
   Pakistan	Reverse engineered by hand and machine in Pakistan's highland areas (see Khyber Pass Copy) near the border of Afghanistan; more recently the Pakistan Ordnance Factoriesstarted the manufacture of an AK-47/AKM clone called PK-10[79]
   Poland[80]	pmK (kbk AK) / pmKS (kbk AKS) (name has changed from pmK – "pistolet maszynowy Kałasznikowa", Kalashnikov SMG to the kbk AK – "karabinek AK", Kalashnikov Carbine in mid-1960s) (AK-47/AKS) kbkg wz. 1960 (rifle grenade launcher), kbkg wz. 1960/72 (modernized) kbk AKM / kbk AKMS (AKM/AKMS) kbk wz. 1988 Tantal (5.45×39mm), skbk wz. 1989 Onyks (compact carbine) kbs wz. 1996 Beryl (5.56×45mm), kbk wz. 1996 Mini-Beryl (compact carbine)
   Romania	PM md. 63/65 (AKM/AKMS), PM md. 80, PM md. 90, collectively exported under the umbrella name AIM or AIMS PA md. 86 (AK-74), exported as the AIMS-74 PM md. 90 short barrel, PA md. 86 short barrel, exported as the AIMR PSL (designated marksman rifle; other names PSL-54C, Romak III, FPK and SSG-97)
   South Africa	R4 assault rifle, Truvelo Raptor, Vektor CR-21 (bullpup)
   Sudan	MAZ[81] (based on the Type 56)
   Ukraine	Vepr (bullpup, 5.45×39mm), Malyuk (bullpup)[82]
   Vietnam	Chinese Type 56, Soviet AK-47, AK-74, AK-108 and AKM
   Venezuela	License granted, factory under construction[83]
   Yugoslavia/Serbia	M-64, M-70, M-72, M-76, M-77, M-80, M-82, M-85, M-90, M-91, M-92, M-99, M-21

2. Certainly more have been produced elsewhere; but the above list represents known producers and is limited to only military variants. An updated AK-47 design – the AK-103 – is still produced in Russia. . .
   
   

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36,000 Rounds of Ammo, 9500 Pounds of Pot Seized in 3 Days -- Just in Rio Grande Valley

February 26, 2014 - 10:33 AM

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By Susan Jones

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Unidentified Mexicans crossing the Rio Grande to enter the United States illegally, in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico. (AP File Photo)

(CNSNews.com) - It's been a busy few days for U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector, which covers more than 34,000 square miles of Southeast Texas.

They seized more than 36,000 rounds of ammunition on Monday alone. That's more than the total 29,796 rounds seized in all nine Southwest border sectors in Fiscal Year 2012.

(A total of 124,837 ammo rounds were seized in all nine Southwest border sectors in FY 2012).

Following an anonymous tip, agents went to the banks of the Rio Grande River, where they saw eight people swimming to Mexico, a news release said. A trail of footprints led them to an SUV, where they found "numerous boxes of 7.62x39 caliber ammunition," which is used in AK-47s and similar weapons.

“Such a large quantity of ammunition could have had a devastating impact on communities on both sides of the border and to our agents or other law enforcement officers,” said Acting Chief Patrol Agent Raul Ortiz. He praised the agents for keeping the ammo out of the hands of violent criminals.

The ammunition smuggling is being investigated by Customs and Border Protection, along with a task force from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement/Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

“Stopping the flow of ammunition and weapons illegally exported into Mexico is an urgent priority for HSI,” said Special Agent in Charge Janice Ayala, HSI San Antonio. “While no arrests were made, our agents will continue to pursue leads and bring those responsible to justice before they fall into the hands of the drug cartels, which pose a threat both here and abroad.”

The U.S. government itself has allowed guns to flow to drug cartels in Mexico.

Fast and Furious was the Justice Department’s gun-running operation that allowed about 2,000 guns purchased in the U.S. to move into Mexico under federal supervision before authorities lost track of the guns. The operation began in the fall of 2009 and was halted in December 2010 after two of the guns from the operation were found at the murder scene of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in Arizona.

The Justice Department first told Congress that the department did not sanction “gun-walking,” but later admitted that was not accurate. After more than a year of failing to provide documents to the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, the House of Representatives voted to hold Attorney General Eric Holder in contempt of Congress in June 2012. Almost two years later, the documents sought by the committee still have not been turned over, as the case winds its way through various legal appeals.

In addition to the ammunition seizure, agents in the Rio Grande Valley also made several significant marijuana seizures this past weekend.

Agents in the Rio Grande Valley also made several sizable marijuana seizures this past weekend.

The largest bust happened on Saturday, when agents said they arrested a man attempting to smuggle more than 3,000 pounds of marijuana through a checkpoint on U.S. Highway 281 North. A drug-sniffing dog alerted agents to the marijuana hidden in a trailer, mixed in with a load of charcoal. Agents at that checkpoint made a similar marijuana seizure of nearly 2,000 pounds on Sunday.

Several additional seizures brought the total amount of marijuana confiscated between Friday and Sunday to nearly 9,500 pounds.

To put that in perspective, agents seized 797,249 pounds of marijuana in the Rio Grande Valley Sector alone in Fiscal Year 2013; and 886,001 pounds in that sector in all of FY 2012.

The nine Southwest border sectors include Big Bend, Del rio, El Centro, El Paso, Laredo, Rio Grande Valley, San Diego, Tucson, and Yuma.

- See more at: http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/....fVq10q19.dpuf