C.B.P. News Release

Border Patrol Agents Seize Gun Bound for Mexico

(Friday, August 21, 2009)

Yuma, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Yuma station stopped an attempt to smuggle a firearm into Mexico Thursday.

Yesterday afternoon, Border Patrol agents conducting southbound inspections at the San Luis, Ariz., port of entry encountered an individual traveling to Mexico. During the encounter, agents discovered an unloaded Browning .22 caliber semi automatic handgun concealed in the subject’s waistband. The subject, a citizen of Mexico living in the United States as a legally admitted Resident Alien, did not possess the proper documentation to carry a concealed weapon or export a firearm.

The subject and the firearm were turned over to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Since April of this year, the Yuma station has seized weapons, firearms parts, ammunition and more than $20,000 during southbound inspections. They have also apprehended 166 illegal aliens. By seizing weapons and cash before they can cross the border, U.S. Customs and Border Protection ensures that these items will not be used to facilitate criminal activity in Mexico.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release
Yuma Sector
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (928) 341-6520

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