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The US Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of five men in Texas accused of buying more than a hundred weapons need to be sent to the cartel in
The US Attorney’s Office announced the arrest of five men in Texas accused of buying more than a hundred weapons need to be sent to the cartel in Tamaulipas.
The men were identified as Gerardo Rafael Perez Jr., nicknamed “Jerry,” 23; Francisco Alejandro Benavidez, “Frankie”, 23; Mark Anthony Trevino Jr., 24; Luis Matias Leal, “Vicho”, 30 years old, and Antonio Osiel Casares, 26 years old.
Perez, a resident of Laredo, Texas, allegedly coordinated the purchase of more than one hundred firearms in Texas for smuggled across the Mexican border and delivered to the drug cartel in Nuevo Laredo. (Tamaulipas), according to the indictment.
Five are accused of one count of conspiracy to traffic firearms.which entails a penalty of imprisonment for up to 15 years, and one count of conspiracy to acquire a firearm. with a maximum penalty of 25 years in prison.
A road sign on the Mexico-US border warning that guns and ammunition are prohibited in Mexico. Photo: Reuters.
Criminal organizationalso consisting of three other men who have already been arrested in 2023, allegedly used buyersincluding co-defendants.
Court documents allege that the organization will purchase firearms from unlicensed dealers or from federal firearms license holders.where straw buyers made false statements to ensure the safety of firearms.
Leal is accused of provide money and instructions to facilitate the plotand Casares, about firearms smuggling into Mexico.
High-powered firearms included FNH SCAR rifles, .50 caliber Barrett rifles, FNH M294S rifles, and M1919 rifles.
A Barret .50 rifle was used in the 2020 attack on then Civil Security Minister Omar García Harfouch. Photo: X (@Cuauhtemoc_1521)
The five were named in a formal indictment filed March 6 and were arrested last Wednesday, prosecutors said.
Perez, Casares, Leal and Benavidez are also accused of one count of conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States and one count of conspiracy to possess a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
The three other alleged accomplices named in the original indictment are Jose Emigdio C. Mendoza, Gerardo Antonio Ibarra Jr. and Gerardo Corona Jr., who were arrested in 2023.
EFE
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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