Largest weapons cache in decade seized in Laredo

(11:19 a.m.)By Christopher Sherman / The Associated Press
Posted: 06/02/2010 11:15:09 AM MDT

McALLEN, Texas - Authorities have made the area's largest weapons seizure in a decade and feel confident that the 147 assault rifles seized in Laredo were headed to Mexico.

Laredo Police Investigator Joe Baeza says that officers acting on a tip from the Webb County Sheriff's Office stopped a vehicle Saturday afternoon containing the cache of brand-new, boxed assault rifles, 200 high-capactiy magazines, 53 bayonets and 10,000 rounds of ammunition. One of the two men in the vehicle tried to flee, but was apprehended. Police have not yet identified the suspect.

Mexico has long complained that its violent drug war was fueled in large part by weapons smuggled across the border from the U.S.

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