[TommyDale]

Well, that’s it. He is looking at 10 to 20 years under the Bush Administration Justice Department.

[trumandogz]

Unfortunately, the Second Amendment ends in the middle of the Rio Grande.

[Army Air Corps]

...AR-15 assault rifle...

The terms "AR-15" and "assault rifle" should not be used in the same sentence.

[Moose4]

And I think the lesson here is, don’t bother eating breakfast in Meheeco. Hit a Denny’s north of the border instead. It’s less risky.

}:-)4

[trumandogz]

I wonder if he was in uniform?

[KarlInOhio]

Meanwhile Mexican Army units cross the border in armed support of drug runners and are allowed to cross back when their jobs are done.

[OldBullrider]

But Medina-Torres did not tell Mexican Authorities that he also had 70 magazines for the two weapons and 100 knives. This is what Mexican Border Guards(oxymoron) said they recovered from Torres vehicle.

[Eurale]

Senior Torres, meet your new horny cell mates.

[2banana]

Ummm - just what was he going to do with his weapons when he went to go eat - LEAVE THEM IN THE VEHICLE?

[pallis]

Dry up those tears son. I once went to Mexico with some friends, one of whom had a couple of 38 rounds in his pocket. Upon coming back across the border, we got the royal, rubber glove treatment. There are things people shouldn’t do. Going to Mexico is one of them. Going there to eat is a real no, no, and packing heat on the way to your rat burger is just plain senseless.

[VeniVidiVici]

I did this EXACT same thing at the exact same spot! Only difference is I was heading eastbound on I-10 and it sounds like he was heading westbound.

In 1985 I was PCSing from Monterey, CA to Ft Polk, LA. As such I had about my entire life in my car. To include plants and a .22 rifle.

Traffic was heavy on I-10 and I was in the far right-hand lane. Suddenly that lane ended - forced exit southbound, right to the bridge and into Mexico. It really didn’t register what happened. I kept thinking there was no way you could cross the border unimpeded and was looking for a parking lot or something. Nothing. Next thing I know I’m in Mexico.

Turned around at the first opportunity and approached the border. Saying I was scared was an understatement as I approached the Mexican guards because I *knew* what would happen if caught with the .22.

Fortunately, they waved me thru. The American Border Patrol stopped me however and went thru the whole agriculture products, yada, yada. With a big rubber tree in my backseat I told my story - moving, forced off the interstate, blah, blah, but leaving out the part about the rifle. She looked at me like I was completely off my rocker but let me pass.

I was never so relieved.

[Fundamentally Fair]

When an American is in Mexico, the government there has every right to enforce Mexican laws.

When an Mexican is in America, the government here has every right to enforce American laws. Wait…never mind.

[Captain Rhino]

Taking the car to California to drop off with a relative prior to a long deployment. Taking guns to drop off as well. That actually makes sense.

However, not properly planning his trip, getting tired/lost/confused, and ignoring the signs does not exactly speak volumes for his pigment.

(Not sure about the ignoring the signs bit is a legitimate criticism because the highway approach to the border might be so channelized that you couldn't abort prior to crossing even if you wanted to. Never have crossed at Juarez, so just speculating based on how the Tijuana crossing is set up.)