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2022-08-27 -Lurid Crime Tales-
Mexican mayor's daughter, 28, busted with $248,531 wrapped around her waist and two guns she tried to smuggle across the border in Texas - she says her arrest was politically motivated
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Yeishi Moriya was arrested at the Juárez-Lincoln Bridge in Laredo, Texas, while trying to drive into Mexico with $248,531 and two handguns

  • U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents searched the 28-year-old and found the money and one of the guns under her bodysuit

  • CBP agents located the other weapon hidden in the vehicle

  • Moriya was turned over to the Webb County Sheriff's Office and charged with money laundering

  • She is the daughter of Artemio Moriya, who is the mayor of the Michoacán municipality of Tacámbaro
Posted by Skidmark 2022-08-27 01:04|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 Don't go to Russia with drugs. Don't go to the US with guns and money. Capisce.
Posted by Procopius2k 2022-08-27 08:38||   2022-08-27 08:38|| Front Page Top

#2 Hunter could not be reached for comment.
Posted by DooDahMan 2022-08-27 10:10||   2022-08-27 10:10|| Front Page Top

#3 Her arrest was not politically motivated unless her dad is a MAGA candidate.
Posted by Super Hose 2022-08-27 10:26||   2022-08-27 10:26|| Front Page Top

#4 We’ll keep the money, send the guns back to Mexico, and transport the woman to the destination of her choice.
Posted by Glenmore  2022-08-27 13:38||   2022-08-27 13:38|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ The guns were .45 and 9mm. Under Mexican law, only gummint, police and military can possess arms utilizing those "military" calibers. Hence the popularity of .38 Super among civilian Mexican handgun owners.
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-08-27 13:41||   2022-08-27 13:41|| Front Page Top

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