Posted on 11/17/2009 7:13:15 PM PST by greatdefender
MANAGUA – An arsenal of military weaponry seized over the weekend in the province of Matagalpa belonged to a cell of Mexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel, Nicaraguan authorities said Monday.
The National Police said Monday in a communique that the arsenal – including 58 assault rifles, two mortars, 10 grenades, 30 sticks of TNT and 19,236 rounds of ammunition – “were being transported by members of the Sinaloa cartel” in a pickup truck with Nicaraguan plates.
The shipment of arms, ammo and explosives was confiscated on Sunday in a joint operation involving the police and the army, the statement said.
The arsenal was found in the truck but the suspected members of the cartel managed to flee after engaging police in a shootout. Police pursued them but they were able to escape.
The National Police announced that several houses in different parts of Managua are being raided because they are suspected of being arms warehouses.
The police added that they are looking for Mexican Roberto Bedolla Corona, who is considered the head of the group that transported the weapons and supposedly has been living in a rented house in Managua for the past month. EFE
Grenades, TNT, mortars. Someone’s been to a USA gun show!
I don’t understand how these weapons got to Nicaragua from gunshows in the USA.
They aren’t going to like that., Ortega better watch out heh.
I was thinking the same thing. Although this could also be a ploy to keep the DEA off their backs and ‘drug-fighting’ money coming in.
If this wasn’t agreed upon with the Cartel, I hate to be the poor police chief in Nicaragua.
They’re our guns. Can we have them back please?/s
lol I miss my mortar! And a mexicartel has my RPG launcher, I sold it at Pomona years ago!
Thank God for that loophole, huh?
Yup. I had to sell off a 40 mm AA twin set, and was able to sell it in the parking lot of the Orange County gun show for a good price. I threw in a bunch of shells, too.
The living room is a lot less cluttered now, and I can show off the quad M2.
I’d be glad to offer a home for all that...
yep, more of those american weapons getting smuggled into mexico just like Obama said!!!
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