American woman arrested for smuggling ammunition into Mexico 

An American pistillate was arrested Friday portion allegedly attempting to smuggle 600 unrecorded rounds of ammunition and 170 magazines for loading weapons, each hidden successful pillows and socks. 

Mexico’s National Guard (GN) reported that the unidentified pistillate was crossing the borderline successful a tourer autobus connected the Cordova-Americas International Bridge, which connects El Paso, Texas, to Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua.

The Cordova-Americas Bridge connecting Texas and the authorities of Chihuahua has been the tract of 2 caller arrests of Americans attempting to smuggle subject instrumentality into Mexico. (@CANAL44TV/X)

Although the nationalist transit autobus received support to bypass customs clearance portion crossing, her luggage was inactive taxable to X-ray screening, revealing “military equipment.”

According to authorities, the pistillate was informed of her rights portion successful detention and her apprehension was recorded successful the National Registry of Arrest. She and the subject instrumentality were handed implicit to the Public Prosecutor’s Office for probe and to find her ineligible status.

In a caller akin incident, customs officers successful Chihuahua arrested a U.S. national who attempted to smuggle an arsenal into Mexico astatine the aforesaid planetary crossing. 

According to the Ministry of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC), authorities seized 4 agelong weapons, 4 abbreviated weapons, 11 magazines, 404 cartridges, a silencer and a vehicle. 

These aren’t the archetypal cases of Americans being arrested astatine the borderline with subject items. In February, a U.S. national allegedly linked to the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested by Mexican officials portion attempting to smuggle an arsenal into Mexico. According to the SSPC, Scott Harvey “N,” attempted to participate the state via the “El Chaparral” planetary span successful Tijuana, Baja California.

In a statement, the SSPC said that “the detainee and the seized items beryllium to the ‘Los Rusos’ faction of the ‘Cártel del Pacífico’ transgression organization.”

In an effort to fortify information astatine the borderline and halt the travel of firearms into the country, Mexico and the U.S. person entered into a caller information practice agreement.  

In his sojourn to Mexico connected Sept. 3, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that some countries are “amplifying” their information practice arsenic they question to combat organized transgression groups connected some sides of the border. 

With reports from 24 horas and El Heraldo de Chihuahua