Omnibus Mexicanos – One arrested for arms smuggling at border

On 08.30.08, In Border News, By PMC
Passenger on Omnibus Mexicanos enroute from Houston, arrested for smuggling weapons into Mexico

Passenger on Omnibus Mexicanos enroute from Houston, arrested for smuggling weapons into Mexico

During a routine inspection of an American bus entering Mexico, Army units discovered a person trying to smuggle guns into Mexico illegally.

The bus, Omnibuses Mexicanos of Houston Texas. The location, Bridge number 2 at the foot of I-35.

Confiscated was a 12 gauge shotgun, a .22 caliber rifle with scope and a .380 semi auto pistol from Luis Estrada Carrizal, 62 years old.

All passengers were detained for a period of time at the Palacio Federal by agents of Mexican Customs and the Attorney General’s investigators. All with the exception of Mr. Carrizel were allowed to continue their journey later in the day.

This is the second time an American bus has been detained at the border. Tuesday, during another routine inspection, $120,000.00 was found. No person claimed ownership of the money.

Buses are inspected on both sides of the border as they enter the respective countries for contraband, including drugs, undeclared money and illegals.

Not a big deal as the old fool was probably thinking to make a quick buck although weapons of these types are not a favorite of the cartels. Carrizel is looking at a minimum of 2 years in Mexican Federal Prison.

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Lax US Gun Laws arm Mexican Cartels and contribute to the violence

On 08.27.08, In Narco Wars, Smugglers Brew, By PMC

Weapons seized by BATF which were attempted to be smuggled into Mexico to arm the cartels

Weapons seized by BATF which were attempted to be smuggled into Mexico to arm the cartels

A push by U.S. and Mexican authorities to combat the high-powered arms trafficking that fuels Mexico’s bloody drug war is putting increasing numbers of suspected drug smugglers in court.

Prosecutions for federal gun law violations are on pace to reach a 20-year high in South Texas as federal agents work to stem the “iron river of guns” that officials estimate supply 90 percent of the weapons used by the cartels.

The push is stretching the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives’ 135 agents along the 2,000-mile border who are tasked with monitoring some 6,700 licensed gun dealers. In Texas the legal shops offer a buffet of high-powered automatic rifles, some of which have been used to kill thousands in drug-related violence this year.

“There’s no other source for guns,” said Francesca Perot, a Houston-based ATF spokeswoman. “It’s not rocket science — it’s cliché. The weapons come from here.”

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Former American trucking company owner sentenced for drug smuggling

On 07.29.08, In Smugglers Brew, By PMC

McALLEN -(The Monitor) The former owner of an Edinburg. Texas trucking business was sentenced to 30 years in prison Monday for his role in a drug smuggling and money laundering ring.

A federal jury in Houston found Ricardo Garcia Heredia, 44, of McAllen, guilty in May of multiple counts of conspiracy and drug possession.

Prosecutors allege Garcia used his business – Edinburg-based Earth Transportation – as a front to recruit drivers for cocaine shipments that passed through the Rio Grande Valley on their way to Chicago.

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In the Courts – Two Dallas Men on trial for smuggling pot

On 07.26.08, In Smugglers Brew, By PMC

A U.S. Border Patrol agent told jurors Friday in federal court that she had been involved in the pursuit of a tractor she said was driven by Artis Ryan Miller.The pursuit started when Agent Judy Sepulveda’s canine unit alerted her to the presence of marijuana in a tractor Aug. 2, 2007, at the Border Patrol checkpoint on U.S. 59 near Freer, she said in court.

Sepulveda identified Miller in court as the driver of the truck.

An agent sent the truck to secondary inspection, but the driver drove off on the highway, Sepulveda said.
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Sen Cornyn introduces legislation for permanent revocation of CDL’s

On 07.12.08, In U.S. Trucking News, By PMC

US trucks impounded by Customs and Border EnforcementU.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced new federal legislation Friday that aims to crack down on commercial truck drivers who smuggle illegal immigrants.The legislation, dubbed the Putting the Brakes on Human Smuggling Act, imposes tougher penalties against commercial truck drivers convicted of smuggling humans, said Cornyn, who was flanked at the Laredo North checkpoint by Carlos X. Carrillo, Laredo Sector Border Patrol chief; Gene Belmares, mayor pro tem; and Steve McCraw, Texas Homeland Security director, among others.

“While those who smuggle narcotics generally lose their commercial license permanently, human smugglers are often free to continue operating commercial vehicles and frequently continue to break the law,” Cornyn stated.

Under current federal law, those convicted of smuggling drugs can receive a lifetime suspension of their commercial driver’s license, with no opportunity to reapply. However, anyone convicted of smuggling humans can have their commercial driver’s license suspended for only a year.

And, if they receive a second conviction of smuggling illegal immigrants, they can wait up to 10 years before reapplying for a commercial driver’s license.

“We’re going to be urging colleagues of Congress to act to eliminate this disparity and make sure we discourage all manner of illegal activity here along the border region,” Cornyn said.
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