Mexico Detains Two U.S. Agents

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Mexico Detains Two U.S. Agents
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ, Associated Press Writer



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, Calif., said U.S. Border Patrol spokesman Miguel Hernandez.

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 inspectors found a box in the backseat of their car containing about 1,300 rounds of rifle ammunition, the statement said. Mexican law restricts that ammunition to use by only the Mexican military.

The agents, both assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol in El Centro, Calif., are being held at a Mexicali prison and face weapon possession 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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[Valor55]

Man that sucks. Too bad that half assed joke of a government isn't so law and order with their own citizens.

[chewy]

Ya, that's a bunch of crap. Why not just turn them around and make them go back to the U.S. and get rid of it? I could see if they weren't cops maybe looking into it but... I think that Borstar should mount a rescue operation.

[K-9MALY]

I hate those f**kers so much! I worked on the SWB for years, and never met an honest MX cop or customs yet. I flatulate in their general direction!!!
The spanish word for bribe is actually "Mordida" or the bite. When I was in the service, I was in Rosarito and a Mx scumbag pulled me over and said I ran a stop sign. I didn't, but that wasn't the point, he had spotted me and my G.I. buddies and knew we were Americans with "magic $20.00." We ended up forking over $60.00 to that ******* before he would let us go. I headed back to our border and never went back to that ****hole country again. AAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGG!!!! I still have anger issues over that incident 14 years ago. I still want to rip his lips off and dance on his head.

[TheDoghandler]

Well they are still at it, we were staying down in Rosarito (at the Rosarito Beach Hotel) in January and at a roadside "checkpoint" a soldier who was no more than about 15 stopped us, usual **** asked for ID etc etc but wouldn't let us move on until he got $20 from each of us. Funny thing was he had no magazine in the weapon and appeared to be on his own at the checkpoint so I don't know what he'd have done if we had gone on after he checked us out.
Dirty country but LOVELY lobster and great beaches. :cool:

[Coastie 585]

Yeah, I heard it was pretty bad. And officer I rode with one day told me about his last trip to Puerto Rico, and told me the beaches and all were great, but the "Law enorcement"(If you can call it that) was corrupt like crazy. They would stop you for nothing and tell you to fork over money or you couldn't leave.

Messed up... :mad: