Thread: MA: Guatemalan Illegals selling high-powered machine guns

Nice, real nice. I guess these are the tools they need to do yard work, bus tables, and construction work. The Guatemalan Consulate needs to read about this....

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Police confiscate machine gun

Friday, March 28, 2008By GEORGE GRAHAMggraham@repub.com

HOLYOKE - An anonymous tip regarding an apparent gun transaction on Wednesday night led to the arrest of two suspects and the confiscation of a loaded machine gun. One of the suspects was an illegal immigrant from Guatemala, Police Chief Anthony R. Scott said.

A caller informed police of the Chestnut Street transaction shortly after 10 p.m. and gave descriptions of the suspects and vehicles involved, Scott said.

Police found two suspects and one of the reported vehicles at 93 Elm St.

After frisking the suspects and obtaining permission from them to search the vehicle they discovered and confiscated a Cobray M-11 9 mm machine gun with a loaded magazine.

Also 97 rounds of Luger Winchester ammunition, 24 rounds of Winchester 12-gauge buckshot, four rounds of Remington 12-gauge Magnum buckshot, two sections of galvanized pipe and a Kodak Fun Saver camera.

Milton Pacheco, 32, and Abraham Ojeda, 47, both of 93 Elm St., third floor, were charged with possession of a large capacity weapon, possession of large capacity feeding device and possession of ammunition without a federal identification card.

Police determined that Pacheco was not legally in the United States and alerted the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.

Scott said the clerk magistrate set initial bail at $5,000, even after being informed that the men had been in possession of a fully loaded machine gun. "We can thank God that they didn't have the money to post bail," Scott said.

Innocent pleas on the two suspects' behalf were entered yesterday in Holyoke District Court. Both were held in lieu of $30,000 cash bail and $300,000 surety and a pre-trial hearing was set for April 25, court officials said.

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