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Texas gun show loophole armed a Zeta drug lord [View all]
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Morales commits atrocities. The kidnapping of and then killing of 265 immigrants that refused to act as drug mules for the criminal organization.
Manuel Rodriguez, of Spring Branch, Texas was the man who provided the assault rifle. When they searched his house they found 76 more guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, and cash. 15,000 dollars.
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In Texas, Rodriquez posed as a private seller at the gun shows. It was a loophole he could use to sell the guns without first conducting a background check.
Those who bought the guns from him would then sell them to the Zetas.
Read More: http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/bayou/2013/09/12/the-texas-gun-show-loophole-armed-a-zeta-drug-lord/
Morales commits atrocities. The kidnapping of and then killing of 265 immigrants that refused to act as drug mules for the criminal organization.
Manuel Rodriguez, of Spring Branch, Texas was the man who provided the assault rifle. When they searched his house they found 76 more guns, 10,000 rounds of ammunition, and cash. 15,000 dollars.
(snip)
In Texas, Rodriquez posed as a private seller at the gun shows. It was a loophole he could use to sell the guns without first conducting a background check.
Those who bought the guns from him would then sell them to the Zetas.
Read More: http://blog.beaumontenterprise.com/bayou/2013/09/12/the-texas-gun-show-loophole-armed-a-zeta-drug-lord/
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