in a road review, federal authorities seized 50 rifles from assault, more than six thousand cartridges and close to 1.5 million pesos in cash that were in the trailer of a trailer in Nuevo Leon.
The Agency’s Criminal investigation (AIC) – dependent on the Attorney General’s Office (PGR) – was reported to be arsenal assurance on Hwy 57, in the tranche Matehuala-Saltillo, at the height of the village of Saint Robert, in the municipality of Galeana .
The vehicle travelled from Camargo, Tamaulipas, bound in Huetamo, Michoacan. The driver, Eleazar l, was arrested and put to the disposal of the public prosecutor’s Office, as well as the rest of the weapons, which included a gun caliber.38 super, with their respective charger, stocked with seven cartridges; 210 chargers for long gun; 47 tactical vests; six thousand 130 cartridges calibre 7.62 and 197 cartridges caliber 5.56.
Elements of @PGR_AIC claimed at #Galeana, #NuevoLéon a handgun caliber.38 super, 50 long weapons, type rifle, caliber 7.62; 210 chargers for long gun; 47 tactical vests; 6,130 cartridges calibre 7.62; 197 cartridges, caliber 5.56; and about one million 500 thousand pesos pic.twitter.com/kyWAC31FY6 – PGR Mexico (@PGR_mx) August 21, 2018
in the last 20 years, homicides by firearm in the country grew 570%, according to the report “serious human rights violations “: the legal and illegal arms trafficking in Mexico”, which warns that only during 2017, around 46 people were killed every day in the country, while the majority of the cases were investigated and without a trial or sentencing for any responsible.
