Please note that the owners of the gun store deny ANY knowledge of the cartel op.
...in 2018, Racine's suburban sprawl on the edge of Lake Michigan became a source of high caliber weapons for one of Mexico's top fentanyl trafficking gangs, the Cartel Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG)....
They were moving Barrett .50 cal rifles.
...Members of a local family, working with a cousin in Mexico, enlisted friends and relatives who bought guns on their behalf in Racine and transported them to California and south across the border, according to an indictment from Wisconsin's Eastern District Court unsealed in February....
...The traffickers in Racine and connected cells in two other locations bought more than $600,000 of high-end military-style firearms in under a year, internal ATF documents allege....
That is a helluvalotta .50's.
...Overseeing much of the network was Mexican citizen Jesus Cisneros, according to ATF internal presentations that cited his intercepted communications with other suspects about moving .50 calibers and other firearms to Mexico. The Wisconsin indictment charged Cisneros and a local accomplice named Victor Cobian on multiple counts related to gun trafficking....
What follows here is not a surprise to anyone who pays attention:
...Cobian told Reuters in an interview that Cisneros was his cousin and lived in Jalisco. Cobian, who pleaded not guilty to gun-trafficking charges, denied involvement in or knowledge of the alleged trafficking scheme. ...
There's a seedy little bar (Victor's Again) in Oak Creek named after Cobian. It's run by his mommy. A dumpster behind the bar was full of storage cases for Barretts. Just co-incidence, of course.
...The indictment charged Cisneros, Cobian and six other accomplices with felonies ranging from false statements to unlicensed gun dealing and smuggling. The alleged accomplices included Cobian's sister and her fiance, who also entered not guilty pleas. A jury trial was set for May 6, 2024, court filings show....
What we need is a "no borders" country, eh?
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