Guatemala Gun-Smuggling Probe Involving Aurora Shipping Firm Triggered By Truck Wreck

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Huffington Post / Denver Post

Guatemala Gun-Smuggling Probe Involving Aurora Shipping Firm Triggered By Truck Wreck
First Posted: 12- 1-10 03:00 PM | Updated: 12- 1-10 03:00 PM

The Denver Post:

An Aurora shipping business and local individuals are under federal investigation after a truck crash in Texas revealed a load of Guatemala-bound guns from Denver.

The 11 guns, hidden inside stereo speakers and a television, had been boxed up for delivery on a Penske truck leased by Transportes Zuleta, according to a search warrant filed Nov. 9 in U.S. District Court in Denver.

Colorado U.S. Attorney John F. Walsh has said one of his priorities is to obtain congressional funds to stop the flow of weapons across the Southwest border. Walsh has received money to hire a prosecutor to concentrate on cases involving border issues such as gun and drug smuggling.

Jeff Dorschner, a spokesman for Walsh, declined to comment about the search warrant because the case remains under investigation. But it appears that the warrant is less indicative of a widespread Colorado connection to Central American drug violence than it is a sign of the federal government's increased efforts to slow or halt the shipment of U.S. guns to that part of the world.


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