American pleads guilty to attempting to export 5,680 rounds of live ammunition into Mexico
CBSN
A U.S. citizen has pleaded guilty to attempting to smuggle several thousand rounds of ammunition into Mexico earlier this year, the Justice Department said Tuesday.
On Feb. 27, Jesus Alberto Olivarez, 32, drove his black PT Cruiser to the Lincoln Juarez International Bridge, which connects Laredo, Texas, to Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, where Olivarez lives, according to a news release from the Justice Department. Law enforcement authorities noticed that the doors of Olivarez's car were rattling as if they were unusually heavy, leading to a search of all four of the Cruiser's door panels. The search uncovered a total of 5,680 live rounds of pistol ammunition of various calibers.
Olivarez admitted to smuggling ammunition from the U.S. that he had received just a few hours prior, and that he personally concealed in the car's doors and panels, prosecutors said.
