
ALABAMA - A little over a month after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents intercepted a passenger bus headed to Mexico that contained tens of thousands of bullets hidden in more than two dozens of black bins, CBP agents ended Fiscal Year 2024 by detaining a Mexican couple that tried to buy firearms and grenades from undercover agents in New Mexico.
Local governments across the U.S.-Mexico border have been on high alert in recent months as seizures of firearms and other weapons have been on the rise.