Mexico seizes 268,000 rounds of ammo in US truck
Source: The Associated Press
Mexican officials say they have seized 268,000 rounds of assault rifle ammunition found in a U.S. truck at a border crossing in Ciudad Juarez.
Tax administration authorities who operate Mexico's border inspections sites say a man from Dallas, Texas, was detained for trying to drive the truck across the border.
A spokesman for the tax agency says the driver claimed he had no goods to declare when he arrived at the border Tuesday.
Spokesman Angel Torres said Wednesday that a gamma-ray inspection of the truck's cargo compartment revealed the presence of metal canisters holding the ammunition. He says the bullets were hidden under pallets in the truck's floor.
The tax agency says it is the largest seizure of ammunition in Ciudad Juarez in recent memory.
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I didn't think AK's were the weapons of choice in Mexico. 
In any case, your main point is correct - somebody bought ammo instead of a sports car... 
Now they'll have to pay twice. 
Last I looked there were multiple types of weapons chambered for just about every popular cartridge in production.
Could've been .22LR and it still would have been "assault rifle ammo" 
an American 180 would be my first purchase.
The thing is "Made in the USA" bad ass best...
But what do you care? It was going South. No one important would have been on the receiving end. Right? 
that's 268,000 fewer rounds that won't be available for American consumers. 
