Not surprising that firearms in Mexico have ties to El Paso

Dec 142008
 
 14/12/2008  Posted by PMC at 21:28 on 14/12/2008 1 Response »
Not surprising that firearms in Mexico have ties to El Paso

EL PASO – The recent sentencing of two men convicted of federal arms-trafficking charges represents the latest cases with ties to El Paso investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.   John Avelar, 32, of El Paso and Jonatan López-Gutiérrez, 33, of Mexico were sentenced, respectively, to 37 months and 48 months in prison, after pleading guilty to their roles in a gun-smuggling scheme. The indictment against them and others listed several weapons purchased from licensed dealers in El Paso, including a .50-caliber sniper rifle, then apparently smuggled into Mexico. Investigations and prosecutions have increased significantly under ….Read More

Mexico’s 10 percent plan for guns

Sep 242008
 
 24/09/2008  Posted by PMC at 07:44 on 24/09/2008 Comments Off
Mexico's 10 percent plan for guns

“What’s clear, as we have often told many lawmakers in the U.S. Congress, is that the Second Amendment was not designed to arm criminal groups overseas, as is in fact occurring,” Medina said, referring to the amendment in the U.S. Constitution on the right to bear arms.

ATF seizes guns bound for Mexico

Aug 192008
 
 19/08/2008  Posted by PMC at 23:27 on 19/08/2008 1 Response »
ATF seizes guns bound for Mexico

Phoenix’s branch of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said on Friday it took 18 automatic weapons bound for Mexico off Arizona streets before they got south of the border. The guns were heading to drug cartels in Mexico from the U.S., said William Newell, special agent in charge, ATF, Phoenix field division. Newell said agents found five of them strapped underneath a truck heading for the border two weeks ago. Then they found 13 more two days later. Agents said a women made a straw purchase of 13 in Phoenix, meaning she lied, saying the guns were ….Read More

Phoenix gun dealer sold to Mexican drug cartels

May 062008
 
 06/05/2008  Posted by PMC at 20:26 on 06/05/2008 5 Responses »

PHOENIX—The arrest of a gun shop owner on Tuesday broke up a suspected firearms trafficking operation that supplied violent Mexican drug cartels, authorities said. Agents raided X Calibur Guns and arrested George Iknadosian after undercover agents bought guns at the store indicating they were to be trafficked to Mexico, said Carlos Baixauli, a special agent with the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Iknadosian, 46, knowingly sold at least 650 firearms, including high-end semiautomatic pistols and assault-style rifles, to drug cartels, the ATF said. The investigation began 11 months ago after some guns involved in crimes in Mexico ….Read More

So what’s up with Swift Transportation a week later?

Mar 042008
 
 04/03/2008  Posted by PMC at 17:27 on 04/03/2008 Comments Off
So what's up with Swift Transportation a week later?

It’s been what, a week now, since the news everyone was talking about was the multi agency raid on Swift Transportations Memphis terminal and truck driving school, or was it the Tennessee Department of Safety, on site license office. Things tend to get blurred when nobody knows anything but everyone’s an expert. So what’s going on? Is Swift actually planning to cut 3,000 jobs in the next 6 weeks as one commenter suggested? Is the Securities and Exchange Commission after Jerry Moyes ass again for insider trading or stock manipulation as they were in 2005? Or perhaps is the State ….Read More

FBI & DHS raids on Swift Transportation – Day 2

Feb 272008
 
 27/02/2008  Posted by PMC at 08:28 on 27/02/2008 19 Responses »

The day after a multi agency raid on Swift Transportation offices in Memphis and Millington Tennessee, authorities are keeping quiet on the reason for the raids and Swift management are doing the monkey dance proclaiming their innocence of any wrongdoing. Seven federal agencies and the Tennessee Highway Patrol raided Swift Transportation’s terminal operations in Memphis and its driver-training school in Millington. Also, the Tennessee Department of Safety has temporarily closed a commercial driver’s license center housed in Swift’s shipping center on Brooks Road near Memphis International Airport. Authorities would not confirm whether the probe centers on the commercial licenses issued ….Read More

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