Aug. 31 (UPI) -- Mexican authorities arrested three people and seized 210 firearms smuggled from Texas during a highway operation in Nuevo Leon state, bringing the total number of weapons confiscated under President Claudia Sheinbaum's administration to more than 30,000, officials said.
The seizure took place on the Nuevo Laredo-Monterrey highway near Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon, according to Animal Politico. Agents with the Criminal Investigation Agency of the Attorney General's Office (FGR) carried out the operation in coordination with the Defense Ministry, the Navy, the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection (SSPC) and the National Guard.
Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch announced the arrests Monday on social media, saying the three suspects were transporting the weapons from Texas to Mexico for delivery to criminal groups. The confiscated arsenal included 195 long guns and 15 handguns, along with ammunition magazines, Garcia Harfuch said.
Garcia Harfuch wrote that the operation stemmed from intelligence and investigative work aimed at identifying and dismantling routes used to smuggle weapons into the country, and that more than 30,000 firearms have now been seized during Sheinbaum's government.
