Thread: Feds: Man smuggled 30,000 ammo parts to Mexico

Feds: Man smuggled 30,000 ammo parts to Mexico

The Brownsville Herald
September 15, 2011 9:53 PM
By JARED TAYLOR/The Monitor

Agents received notification in October 2010 that Hasbun, a Mexican national, had ordered a "large number" of assault rifle magazines.

McALLEN — Federal agents detained a man who allegedly smuggled 30,000 ammunition belt links into Mexico.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents arrested Roberto Hasbun Villarreal on Wednesday.

The arrest came after almost a year of investigation into Hasbun and his company, Hunting Code, a criminal com-plaint states.

Agents received notification in October 2010 that Hasbun, a Mexican national, had ordered a "large number" of assault rifle magazines.

Agents say they observed Hasbun purchase "large quantities" of military gear, weapons components and accessories.

Hunting Code LLC — at 1300 N. 10th St. in McAllen — was registered as a corporation in November 2010.

Hasbun's company had no U.S. Department of State licenses to export weapons or ammunition from the U.S. into Mexico, agents said.

Agents later learned that Hasbun exported 30,000 ammunition belt links — used for belt-fed rounds on assault weapons — via a freight forwarder into Mexico.

Hasbun made an initial appearance before a U.S. magistrate Wednesday.

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