Posted on 02/07/2023 9:58:53 PM PST by Libloather
Famed NASCAR driver Kyle Busch has been sentenced to three-and-half-years in prison for gun possession without a license in Mexico, authorities there said late last week.
It is not clear how, or if, that sentence will be assessed.
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According to Mexican authorities, Busch placed his luggage on the platform and x-rays took note of “a pistol-type firearm caliber. 380 with charger supplied with six hollow point cartridges” inside.
“When it was discovered, I fully cooperated with the authorities, accepted the penalties, and returned to North Carolina,” Busch’s statement continued. “Discovery of the handgun led to my detainment while the situation was resolved. I was not aware of Mexican law and had no intention of bringing a handgun into Mexico.”
On Jan. 29, the charges were presented by Mexico’s Agent of the Federal Public Ministry to what is termed a “Control judge” under an “expedited procedure,” deemed legal, and Busch was sentenced to three years and six months in prison as well as a fine of 20,748 pesos, or, roughly, $1,080, the Mexican press release said.
A Mexican legal website run by an online law firm explains that “[t]he expedited procedure is a mechanism that speeds up criminal prosecution proceedings [and] is applied in custodial sentences not exceeding 9 years or in others of a different nature.” A Mexican law review article written by a member of the judiciary says the procedure “is considered as a form of early termination, in which the defendant has agreed to be tried based on the data.”
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they x-ray for private aircraft??
.380 hollow point shells. That’ll blow your lungs out, Jim.
Was he set up? Mexico is really corrupt.
Even though the cartels run rampant, many latin American countries attempt to maintain the official policies of controlling drug traffic in and out of the country. They catch the small fish, and the occasional doofus like this guy Busch.
will Biden try to get him home like that female basketball player in Russia??
What? He’s white?
Never mind
...I was not aware of Mexican law and had no intention of bringing a handgun into Mexico.”
Really?
Is he still in Mexico, or did he return to North Carolina?
“I apologize for my mistake and appreciate the respect shown by all parties as we resolved the matter,” Busch said in his statement. “My family and I consider this issue closed.”
Might want to make sure it is truly "closed" before setting foot in Mexico...
So he can never go to Mexico again
He brought his gun. That was his act.
It is an opportunity for the Mexican government to humiliate America and it will do so.
I dont know why anybody goes to Mexico.
He might not be leaving.
I had US customs X-Ray a shipping container one time. They tried to make me pay for the inspection. I said I would not pay, you’re free to X-Ray, but that is your choice so not paying.
They will also sink a Battleship ir Nuclear Aircraft Carrier with one hit. They are powerful.
They know he has money. That’s all they want.
A .380 is deadly. One with Fort Scott Munitions is even better.
I believe that it’s the super powerful 9mm rounds blow lungs out. /s
He is in NC
Yep.
By Customs, yes.
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