Posted on 08/21/2024 5:55:38 PM PDT by Libloather
Aug. 21 (UPI) -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection said on Wednesday that its officers at the El Paso port of entry confiscated 92,000 rounds of large-caliber ammunition leaving the United States over the weekend.
The seized ammunition nearly tripled the amount of ammunition agents seized in outward bound inspections at the El Paso field office over the past three fiscal years combined, CBP said.
Border Patrol said the ammunition was found on a commercial bus leaving the United States for Mexico at the Bridge of America port of entry in El Paso.
"CBP's primary mission is to inspect all goods and people entering the U.S. from abroad but the agency will also perform outbound inspections as part of our overall enforcement portfolio," said Hector Mancha, CBP El Paso director of field operations, in a statement.
"The magnitude of this seizure is impactful. Had this ammunition fallen into the hands of traditional criminal organizations the impact could have been devastating."
A Mexico tour bus returning to the country was selected for inspection by the CBP's Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team.
"CBP officers noted that the two bus drivers depicted nervous behavior during the routine inspection," CBP said. "The bus was secured and CBP officers initiated their exam. During a search of the cargo bay, they discovered multiple 27-gallon plastic storage totes that seemed very heavy."
Officers found boxes of ammunition when they further examined the totes. The drivers, both Mexican nationals, were detained and turned over to Homeland Security Investigations for possible smuggling charges.
One of the 16 passengers on the bus was found to be in the United States illegally and processed as such. The other 15 passengers returned to Mexico on another bus.
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Those rounds are made to pierce armored pinatas.
We catch a greater percentage of contraband on the way out than we do on the way in.
How high?
Is it a secret?
92k. That’s all?
“92k. That’s all?”
That’s poungs not rounds. That’s 12,000 pounds more than a legal 18 wheeler load of stuff. That was one loaded bus. Where’d they put it?
Needed for the new version of the War Wagon....
https://www.amazon.com/War-Wagon-POSTER-Movie-Inches/dp/B00KK6LPK8
About the movie:
A war wagon, takes 4 horses to pull and weighs about 1100 lbs.
It’s seen mounted on a turret on the top rear of the stagecoach and is fired by Frank Pierce (Bruce Cabot). Colt 1865 Gatling Gun - . 44 Rimfire.
“CBP officers noted that the two bus drivers depicted nervous behavior during the routine inspection,”
Sweating bullets is not your best look while smuggling ammo.
No, the headline and the lead sentence both specify rounds. Without knowing what the ammunition was, it’s not possible to calculate the weight. 92,000 rounds of 9mm would weigh around 1,600 pounds.
Maybe the reporter thinks “high-caliber” is anything over .22 short.
VERY High-Caliber.
I wonder what they are considering as “high-caliber.”
I don’t get it. Why didn’t they turn them over to the Mexicans? The bullets are paid for. Allow the bus to proceed across the border and alert the Federales. Mexican justice is not our department.
Mexico doesn’t help us at the border but we do their jobs.
Possible for the chinese armies assembling in mexico...or
other n’ere do wells...
“Large caliber”? Like 375 H&H Magnums?
Colt 45 Malt Liquor.
"Eleven totes held 33,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition. The other 15 totes contained 59,900 rounds of .223 caliber rifle ammunition for a total of 92,900 rounds of ammo, authorities stated.
So, Not 'large' caliber, or 'high caliber' it is Small caliber and Medium caliber.
Be nice if the Border patrol and the United Press and other media organizations would hire someone who knows a little about such things to write their reports.
I saw a reporter expressing incredulity that anyone would need a three hundred eighty caliber weapon
Oooooh
“High caliber”
How high is that?
.50 BMG or 20mm ?
92K rounds of either would probably bottom out a bus.
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