I wasn't even sure why "cartels" was in the conversation until I read a twitter comment this morning. Apparently racists are now claiming "dude's cartel" because you can't have a Mexican with a gun near the border w/o it being cartel. .....cleveland tx not being near the border.
He could sell it in Mexico for 3000 and buy one in The US for 1000-1500. He wouldn't have to risk years in jail being caught smuggling weapons into The US.
Makes even more sense that he got them here.Those 4 guns are worth around 3xs as much in Mexico than in The US.He also risk years in prison if Customs catch him smuggling that many guns and he would lose the guns and all there value if caught smuggling them in the US. Bringing multiple guns into The US from Mexico would be like bringing a kilo of cocaine worth 40,000 in The US into Mexico where its worth 15,000.
preaching to the choir brother....said as much a few posts back. I don't rule out anything; including dude "being cartel", just show me some god damn proof other than "mexican". Anyone w/any experience w/drunks knows some turn psycho when they hit the bottle.....which is why we keep guns away from places serving liquor.
Where are you getting those prices from again? And you think someone who is a routine smuggler and connected to a cartel, and has shown past skill in getting over the border undetected after being deported cares about the added gun charge?
The Vice article says buy 500-700 in The US,sell for over 2000 in Mexico.That article is from 2021.Conversations I've had with people in the know say current prices for assault weapons in Mexico are around 3000 now. Yes I think someone who has skill coming across the border would care about a gun charge.The penalty for crossing the border smuggling guns will be much stiffer than just being caught crossing the border with no contraband.
Ok, I'm guessing we'll have to disagree. Anecdotal prices you've heard from others and the Vice article (any source in the Vice article mentioned?) doesn't count for anything other than circumstantial evidence. And the issue with a serial criminal crossing the border caring about a rifle he's bringing because he's worried about the law is the same as thinking someone intent on committing murder with a firearm is going to care about his weapon being illegal. He simply isn't.
While crossing after deportation is a felony, tens of thousands do it due to family ties, necessity, or discretionary prosecution not being overly harsh due to circumstances outlined and government cost (last I checked a few yrs back). The majority of offenders are the same people that crossed the first time, not hardened criminals.
Most criminals avoid taking unnecessary risk.Even if a criminal plans on killing someone why take the unnecessary risk of multiple years in prison adding a gun smuggling charge for no reason?,especially when you could sell your gun in Mexico and easily buy it 2-3xs cheaper in The US . The source for The Vice article was a professional gun smuggler who smuggled guns from The US to Mexico for a living until he got caught.Mexico has strict gun laws so criminals have to smuggle them in from The US,which of course brings up the price to buy them in Mexico.