6/5/2014 3:06 PM
This is part of the article about Sgt. Tahmooressi. Researching more of what happened is very interesting. I enter Mexico the same way ZSgt. Tahmooressi did and there is a bunch of signs saying Guns/Ammunition are Illegal in Mexico. He could of made the U-Turn at many locations before the border crossing. Who would go into another Country with some of the most strick gun laws in the World unless they were going to be sold Illegally. This will be very interesting case.
"Mexican authorities stopped Tahmooressi on the night of March 31 after he had entered Mexico with a 5.56-caliber rifle, a 12-gauge shotgun, and a .45-caliber pistol, as well as more than 400 rounds of ammunition. Alejandro González Guilbot, chief Mexican customs officer at the Tijuana-San Ysidro border, told VICE News that the firearms found on Tahmooressi were not locked in a container, out of reach, and unloaded, as required by California law."
"They were all just wrapped in his belongings — clothes, a blanket," the official said. The rifle was found behind the driver's seat, the shotgun on the passenger seat, and the pistol was in the driver-side door pocket, along with several cartridges. "They were all loaded… and ready to fire," Gonzalez said.
"He never indicated that he was armed," Gonzalez told VICE News. "He entered the country around 10.30 PM and he made his 911 call an hour later… once he was practically in military custody."