SANTA TERESA, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — One man was arrested after he was reportedly caught trying to smuggle over 1,000 machine gun magazines to Mexico through the Santa Teresa border crossing.
Homeland Security Investigations in El Paso took to social media to announce that it had arrested a U.S. citizen after he was reportedly caught with 1,285 firearm magazines and seven rifle butt stocks while crossing into Mexico.
A magazine is the part of a machine gun that stores bullets.
No other details were provided.
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