Posted on 08/24/2014 1:24:33 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
MCALLEN, Texas — Border Patrol agents seized more than $650,000 in cash that had been left behind near the Rio Grande River that separates Texas from Mexico.
The seizure was made Thursday night when U.S. Border Patrol Agents following a set of footprints near Sullivan City ended up coming across four backpacks filled with bulk cash and a little more than a kilo of cocaine, an agency news release shows.
Inside the four backpacks the agents ended up finding a mixture of dollars and pesos that added up to $650,000 as well as the cocaine which had a value of $90,000.
Just west of Sullivan City, in Rio Grande City, border patrol agents seized 20 rounds of .50 caliber ammunition, 1o of the rounds were incendiary, five armor piercing and five regular rounds, the news release shows.
Drug smugglers having heavy firepower is typically seen in Mexico, however in recent years federal, state and local authorities have been coming across drug traffickers with grenades and assault weapons.
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Some mules made a big mistake, and they will pay for it.
Bwhahahahah.
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Probably more to the story than this.
The cholos didn't just set the goods down and go get a burger.
This must be photoshop. The border has never been more secure. Harry Reid said so.
And just think... This is only the stuff they found.
The grenades are traceable. Itll be SO interesting to see who provided them. My bet is Uncle Sam via some foreign mil aid program. The elephant in the room is that our own govt cant keep track of all the weapons/ammo they ‘lose’ either out right or via ‘military aid’. Our govt is a danger and embarrassment.
Is that near the place where you were staked out?
Sigh. I wish I coulda been the one to stumble across that. I could use a cash infusion.
Yeah it was. Right there, true story.
Very close.
20 rounds of .50 BMG ammo? Street value of about $100. I’ve seen it at garage sales.
$650,000 backpack = full enforcement at top priority (unless the mordita is paid on both sides of the border).
Just another act of love.
Alguien esta en agua caliente.
I've been watching the old "X Files" reruns on Netflix instant view (all nine seasons are there now). It's amazing, watching the episodes with Mulder and Scully attempting to testify to the truth before a Senate Committee, what a sham it all was - of course, at the closing, you see the Committee head in his office, handing all of the incriminating files over to "The Smoking Man", who nonchalantly tosses them into the trash.
Who knew at the time how prescient that show was?
Close.
With the mobile deer stand in the background.
Those things are pretty neat, I'll tell you what.
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