Border Patrol Brokers on the California and Arizona border have seized 25 AK-style rifles, two handguns, and ammunition magazines that they consider had been en path to a Mexican cartel.
The huge seizure occurred on Wednesday in Blythe.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Division stated in a press launch that the motive force, Jose Palma Almendarez, a 25-year-old from Calexico, and his 17-year-old juvenile brother had the massive cache of assault rifles and magazines hidden within the rear of the automobile.
The press launch defined, “Throughout the investigation, Border Patrol Brokers on the California and Arizona border contacted the motive force, Jose Palma Almendarez, a 25-year-old from Calexico, and his 17-year-old juvenile brother in a Honda CRV. BP Brokers found a big cache of assault rifles and magazines hidden within the rear of the automobile. By interviews, Activity Drive Officers later realized the firearms had been picked up in Phoenix, AZ, and had been being trafficked again into California.”
“CVVCGTF members had been capable of seize 25 assault rifles and two handguns. Palma Almendarez was in the end booked into the Blythe Jail for a number of weapon-related fees. The male juvenile was launched to his dad and mom,” the press launch added.
Breitbart Information experiences:
Regulation enforcement officers assigned to the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Activity Drive (CVVCGTF) responded to the U.S. Border Patrol Blythe Station to help with the weapons seizure and investigation. Primarily based on preliminary interviews with each suspects, authorities consider the weapons had been initially picked up by the pair in Phoenix, Arizona, and had been in the end destined for Mexico. The weapons had been discovered within the cargo compartment of a Honda CRV crossover.
Blythe sits 100 miles north of the Mexican state of Sonora. As reported by Breitbart Texas, clandestine gravesites within the state had been not too long ago found — proof of violent clashes between Mexican cartel members. Splinter teams throughout the Sinaloa Cartel that controls the state have been engaged in inside battles and are largely chargeable for the newest skirmishes in Sonora. The Sinaloa Cartel can be at odds with its rival Juarez Cartel to the east. The weapons seized Wednesday could have been destined for this area of the U.S./Mexico border.
