Illegal immigrant sentenced to 5 years for buying ammunition for Mexican poster

An illegal immigrant who lives in a border city in Texas was hired to buy thousands of ammunition rounds for the Northeast poster (CDN) In Mexico, the Department of Justice said Tuesday.

Charbel Garza Macias declared himself guilty on October 8, 2024, to have ammunition illegally after they found him with 4.8000 rounds during a traffic stop.

He was sentenced in a federal court for more than five years. In prison. It is expected to be deported when they fulfill their time, authorities said.

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National Security investigations, together with the Laredo Police Department and Customs and Border Protection of the United States, investigated the case. (Immigration and Customs Control)

“The objective of this defendant was to bring this ammunition to Mexico and, if it had succeeded, it would have contributed to the ongoing brutality campaign of the posters,” said US prosecutor Nicholas J. Ganjei. “Those who work to build, supply, finance or help these organizations realize; you will be found and processed.”

On July 16, 2024, national security investigations, together with the Laredo Police Department and Customs and Border Protection of the United States, established surveillance in a Laredo parking lot, which is in front of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

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Laredo’s entrance port on the World Trade bridge between southern Texas and Mexico. An illegal immigrant in Laredo was sentenced to more than five years in prison for buying ammunition for a Mexican drug poster, said the Department of Justice. (Google Earth)

Macias tried to avoid the application of the law while they followed it after starting from the parking lot, federal prosecutors said.

During a traffic stop, the authorities found 4,800 rounds of .223/5.56 caliber ammunition in the vehicle. At that time, Macias admitted that he was hired by the CDN to buy 20,000 rounds to be smuggled in Mexico.

The authorities noticed that he did not have a license to Export of ammunition or firearms and knew it was illegal smuggling ammunition in Mexico.

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In exchange for smuggling of ammunition, Macias expected them to be paid $ 600 per transaction, Laredo Morning Times reported, citing a federal affidavit.