Truck driver faces charges in Mexico
El Paso Times Staff
Article Launched: 06/25/2008 12:00:00 AM MDT


A truck driver will face charges in connection with more than four tons of marijuana found by Mexican authorities in a tractor-trailer last week on the Zaragoza Bridge, U.S. officials said Monday.

Agustin Talamantes Ayala remained jailed and will faces drug charges, authorities said. The marijuana was found on Thursday hidden in boxes amid a load of cardboard headed to the United States. It was seized when the trailer was selected for an export inspection and a gamma ray device detected irregularities in the shipment. Mexican customs, the military and the attorney general's office had roles in the seizure.

Daniel Borunda






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