Thread: 3 High-Ranking Mexican Officers Arrested at Phoenix Gun Show

3 High-Ranking Mexican Officers Arrested at Phoenix Gun Show
September 12th, 2007 @ 9:12am
by Associated Press

Three high-ranking Mexican police officers were arrested over the weekend for buying weapons at a gun show in Phoenix in violation of a law barring non-citizens from purchasing firearms, a federal official said Wednesday.

The three include the director of the Baja California Sur state police and a commander of the federal police in Baja California, said Tom Mangan, a spokesman with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Phoenix.

The three had crossed the border at Calexico, Calif., in an official police vehicle and driven to Phoenix. They were arrested by Phoenix police and ATF agents after buying three handguns and about 450 rounds of ammunition Saturday at the gun show, Mangan said.

He said it appeared the officers were buying the handguns for their personal use.

Phoenix police booked Carlos Alberto Flores, 36, the Baja California state police director, on state weapons misconduct and conspiracy charges, according to a Phoenix police report. State police Commander Guillermo Valle Medina, 33, was booked on the same felony charges, as was Jose Santos Cortez Gonzalez, 41, a top-ranking federal police official.

They posted bond and were released from jail, Mangan said.

Phoenix police, Mesa police and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents running an enforcement program at the gun show overheard Gonzalez negotiating with a dealer for two guns, then watched as he bought them, according to the police report.

Officers followed Gonzalez and Flores back to their Chevrolet Suburban, which was armored and equipped with bulletproof windows. They went back inside, met up with Valle, and continued buying ammunition and gun supplies before leaving, according to the report.

Police stopped their vehicle after they left the gun show, searched it and found the three handguns and the ammunition, the police report said.

Mangan said Mexican officials have been pressuring U.S. officials to cut off the supply of weapons going south.


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Originally Posted by jean

The three include the director of the Baja California Sur state police

He needs those guns so he can continue to terrorize the American surfers:

http://surfermag.com/features/onlineexc ... exicobaja/

Three high-ranking Mexican police officers were arrested over the weekend for buying weapons at a gun show in Phoenix in violation of a law barring non-citizens from purchasing firearms, a federal official said Wednesday.

Our law enforcement authorities have to accept some responsibility for this. We have dozens of laws that are being violated continuously by illegal immigrants and they are not enforced. How do we make them understand which laws will be enforced, and which will be ignored? I certainly don't know what criteria are used to make that determination.

How many thousands of Illegal Aliens buy guns at shows to use against Americans?

He said it appeared the officers were buying the handguns for their personal use.

Personal use - haha. They were probably buying the guns for their 2nd jobs.

The Mexican Army regulates guns in mexico, the police have to get there guns from them. there was an article about the army taking away local cops guns a while ago. I will look for it.

Why are we allowing mexican police cars to drive into the US? Isn't that a public safety risk?