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Deported felon allegedly offered stranger a pound of meth and an AK-47 in a truck dealership parking lot. It was a federal informant
CWBChicago ^ | 6/25/26

Posted on 06/25/2026 8:40:13 AM PDT by CFW

A Mexican national who was previously deported from the United States returned illegally, then tried to launch a drug-and-guns business relationship with a stranger he met in a Chicago truck dealership parking lot by offering to sell him a pound of methamphetamine and an AK-47, according to federal court records. That stranger turned out to be a federal informant.

Now, Leonel Mercado Jaimes is charged with distributing nearly a pound of methamphetamine after authorities say he followed through on the drug sale and later admitted he had re-entered the country illegally after being deported in 2015.

According to a federal complaint, a Homeland Security Investigations informant reported that Mercado Jaimes approached him at a Chicago truck dealership in late April and struck up a conversation in Spanish. During the discussion, Mercado Jaimes allegedly said he believed the man was involved in criminal activity and offered to sell him one pound of meth and an AK-47-style rifle for $2,000. The informant exchanged contact information with Mercado Jaimes and later notified federal agents about the encounter.

(Excerpt) Read more at cwbchicago.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; criminals; illegalalien; stupidity

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1 posted on 06/25/2026 8:40:13 AM PDT by CFW
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2 posted on 06/25/2026 8:43:41 AM PDT by Magnum44 (...against all enemies, foreign and domestic... )
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To: Magnum44

Does time then gets deported and then comes back when a democrat is in office. His 3 hots and a cot will be paid for by the taxpayers. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Since they’re not citizens we should be able to contract out the jail time to countries where the have to eat fish heads.


3 posted on 06/25/2026 8:48:52 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: CFW

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn73Wtem0No


4 posted on 06/25/2026 8:59:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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bttt


5 posted on 06/25/2026 9:05:22 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: Magnum44

That’s so creepy!
*shudder*


6 posted on 06/25/2026 9:11:19 AM PDT by MS.BEHAVIN (Women who behave rarely make history!)
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7 posted on 06/25/2026 9:14:40 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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The art of the deal.

wy69


8 posted on 06/25/2026 9:17:36 AM PDT by whitney69
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That was a decent price, depending on model and condition of thr AK.


9 posted on 06/25/2026 9:22:47 AM PDT by BipolarBob (Call my personal secretary, Jennie, at 867-5309.)
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That was a decent price, depending on model and condition of thr AK.


You do have a point. I wonder if he threw in any ammo and an extra mag.


10 posted on 06/25/2026 9:26:40 AM PDT by CFW
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Such a deal!


11 posted on 06/25/2026 10:13:19 AM PDT by skepsel ("A cat is more intelligent than people believe, and can be taught any crime", Mark Twain.)
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