Google TranslateA detachment of the Mexican Army seized a large amount of military munitions at a checkpoint in Sonora, according to Mexican news accounts. A unit of the 22nd Motorized Cavalry Regiment manning a checkpoint near Ejido Oasis in Puerto Peñasco, arrested three individuals in a vehicle carrying the contraband.
Weapons seized include:
- 1 M72 66mm antitank LAW rocket.
- 1 7.62x51mm machine gun The weapon had no marks of identification.
- 24 AK-47 assault rifles
- 6 .223 caliber rifles
- 1 5.56x55mm rifle.
- 1 MP5 9mm submachine gun.
- 1 .308 caliber rifle
- 3 5.7x28mm pistols
- 5 9mm pistols
- 3 .45 caliber pistols
- 1 rocket launcher
- 4 rifle grenades
- 4 rocket-propelled grenades
- 15 40mm grenades launcher attachments
- 12 hand grenades
- 208 magazines
- 5,931 cartridges
- 17 cartridge belts
- 20 tactical vests
Arrested were Martin Flores Pacheco, 34, San Pablo Oixtepec, Oaxaca, Sergio Antonio Amador Perez, 30, Puerto Peñasco, Sonora and José Ramon Angulo Loaiza, 26, Culiacan, Sinaloa.
An unspecified amount of drugs were seized as well.