The authorities arrested a Texas woman who allegedly tried to smuggle $ 270,000 in cash in Mexico. The woman claimed to have been hired to move cash about this and the previous used cars.
The sentence occurred during the weekend at the port of entry of Hidalgo, revealed a criminal complaint filed by agents with US National Security investigations. It was then that Ana Paulina Araujo González tried to drive from Texas to Mexico, but was arrested for an inspection.
The authorities asked him if he carried weapons or effective for more than $ 10,000, and she said no, they revealed judicial documents. It was then that the authorities sent it to a secondary inspection area, where they discovered nine hidden cash packages in an accessory market compartment in the vehicle front seat.
After the officers with the customs and border protection of the United States.
This week, Araujo, an American citizen, was before the United States magistrate J. Scott Hacker, who notified him the charges against him and established his bonus at $ 30,000 with a tank of $ 2,000.
Cash smuggling is a common tactic used by drug cartels to transfer its return process to Mexico. The city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas, has been controlled historical by the Gulf poster, one of the six drug cartels labeled by the United States Department of State as foreign terrorist organizations.
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