The seizure of more than 700 guns and the indictments of 34 people announced on Tuesday are further confirmation that Arizona has become an iron highway for weapons into Mexico, according to federal authorities.
Many legal purchases by straw buyers at Arizona gun stores are being financed and orchestrated by Mexico's Sinaloa cartel, federal officials said.
The cases announced Tuesday involved the purchases of many AK-47s, .50-caliber rifles and other semiautomatic weapons in single-day transactions at gun stores by straw buyers paid by the cartel, U.S. Attorney for Arizona Dennis Burke said.
All of those indicted are U.S. citizens or legal residents.
Teriffic. American citizens fueling the Mexican drug war for the almighty dollar. It's the American Way!
Everything's happening in Arizona these days and we're so lucky it's just across the river. Be sure to tip the ferryman.
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