Border Patrol finds guns, explosives on Rio Grande

Posted: Sep 13, 2011 9:10 PM PDT Updated: Sep 13, 2011 9:10 PM PDT

McALLEN, Texas (AP) - Border Patrol agents have found a bag full of assault rifles, other weapons and what they believe to be plastic explosives hidden near the community of Fronton along the Rio Grande.

The agency says its agents were on patrol in Fronton, a rural area about 250 miles south of San Antonio Tuesday when they found a black bag hidden in the brush near the river. Inside there were six assault rifles, one grenade launcher, one rocket launcher, 20 ammunition magazines and three packages of what appeared to be the plastic explosive known as C-4.

Weapons purchased in the U.S. are commonly smuggled to criminal organizations in Mexico.

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