Three men allegedly bought rifles for Mexican drug cartels at a store in North Texas. The case is notable because it represents an escalation in the firepower...
Three men, including two Californians, are in federal custody charged with using cash to buy a military-style rifle. Authorities say a Mexican cartel was the true buyer.
The rifle is increasingly popular in Mexico’s drug cartel wars that lead to clashes with Mexican police and military forces. The North Texas case is notable because it represents an escalation in thein Texas gun stores. U.S. residents are increasingly buying high-powered assault rifles for Mexican gangsters — a trend ATF recently warned gun sellers about. U.S.
“The thing is I need them, man,” one alleged trafficker said in a social media message. “Seriously, I need them. I have credit … to always be buying those things. You know what l mean? We’re in urgent need of them down there because war there is ugly.” Derek Peters, an ATF agent, said during the January detention hearing for Alagele and Shaker that he believed from the evidence that the Jalisco New Generation cartel in Mexico financed the firearms plot. Known by its Spanish initials, CJNG, the powerful cartel is battling its main adversary, the Sinaloa cartel, across Mexico.
The third defendant, Vielman-Solis, was planning to hide the rifles in his SUV and transport them to someone in Arizona, authorities said. Vielman-Solis, 23, is a Guatemalan native and legal U.S. resident living in California, according to court testimony.The firearms investigation began in December with a tip ATF received that Shaker was looking for as many as 10 each of the high-powered weapons, court records show.Agents followed the men to The Colony gun store.
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