So the Mexican government can capture suspected criminals from the United States, but we can't or will not do the same with illegals from Mexico? Maybe we should pay off the Mexican police for every Mexican they stop from entering our country.
By Olga R. RodriguezASSOCIATED PRESS
10:55 a.m. May 3, 2005
MONTERREY, Mexico – Mexico detained two U.S. border patrol agents during a routine border check that uncovered a box filled with illegal ammunition in their car, the Mexican federal attorney general's office said Tuesday.
U.S. Border Patrol agents German Verdugo and David Allen Navarro were arrested late Friday in Mexicali, across from Calexico, California, U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Miguel Hernandez said._"He said the agents were off-duty and driving a private vehicle when they were arrested. Hernandez did not know why they were carrying the ammunition, the same assigned to other border patrol agents for use while on-duty.
"We're cooperating fully with Mexican law enforcement agents in their investigation," Hernandez said.
Verdugo and Allen Navarro crossed into Mexico in a lane assigned to vehicles with nothing to declare but were selected for inspection, Mexican federal prosecutors said in a statement.
Customs inspector found a box in the backseat of their car containing 1,286 .40-caliber and 10 .223-caliber Winchester rifle bullets, the statement said. Mexican law restricts that ammuniation to use by only the Mexican military.
The agents, both assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol in El Centro, California, are being held at a Mexicali prison and face weapon possesion charges.
The Mexican federal attorney general's office said the Border Patrol agents were unable to show that they could legally import the ammunition and didn't have a permit by Mexico's Defense Department.
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