Yet again a major gun/drug bust south of the boarder. Maybe the politicians will get it through their heads that the guns are not coming from the US!
Mexican soldiers find stuff at two different locations at Tex-Mex border in Reynosa:
http://www.themonitor.com/articles/r...iers-ammo.html
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Massive ammo, firearms seizure by soldiers in Reynosa
August 05, 2009 11:42 AM
Jared Taylor
The Monitor
REYNOSA — Mexican soldiers seized more than 136,000 rounds of ammunition, more than 9,400 bullet magazines, 20 firearms and a grenade inside an abandoned house here Tuesday morning.
Soldiers in a motorized cavalry unit were patrolling the southwest side of the city along Calle Acción Común in Colonia Unidad y Efuerzo about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday when they came upon an abandoned house, according to a statement from the Mexican Secretary of National Security.
A light was on inside the house and the front door was open, soldiers said.
Inside the house, the army found:
> Six AR-15 .223 rifles
> Four AK-47 7.62 x 39mm rifles
> One .30-caliber rifle
> One M1 .30-caliber rifle
> Six 9 mm pistols
> Two .308-caliber rifles
> One grenade
> 86,674 rounds of 9 x 19 mm bullets
> 37,620 rounds of .223-caliber bullets
> 6,250 rounds of 7.62 x 39 mm bullets
> 2,453 rounds of .40-caliber Smith & Wesson bullets
> 90 rounds of .50-caliber bullets
> 700 rounds of .380-caliber bullets
> 276 rounds of .38-caliber bullets
> 844 rounds of 5.7 x 28mm bullets
> 1,450 rounds of .45-caliber bullets
> 5,881 AR-15 bullet magazines
> 2,910 AK-47 bullet magazines
> 593 assorted bullet magazines
> 16 magazines for a .308 rifle
> 4 drum magazines for 7.62 x 39 mm bullets
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http://www.themonitor.com/articles/r...rs-bridge.html
Soldiers seize grenades at Reynosa-Pharr bridge
August 05, 2009 12:15 PM
Jared Taylor
The Monitor
REYNOSA — Soldiers seized 20 grenades and arrested one man as they patrolled the Mexican side of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge on Monday.
The Mexican army encountered a Chevrolet Suburban registered in Tamaulipas on Monday. Inside the vehicle, soldiers foundh 20 hand grenades concealed within a roll of foam sponge, according to a statement from Mexico's secretary of national security.
Soldiers arrested 21-year-old Roberto Gaspar Caballero of Reynosa.
The military turned over Gaspar, the grenades and vehicle to the local police in Reynosa, according to the statement.