Detained in Spain two people who wanted to sell weapons to Mexican drug cartels

USPA NEWS - The Spanish Civil Guard, in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), has arrested two people in Barcelona, Swiss and Iranian nationalities, members of an organization that sought to provide Mexican drug cartels of firearms Large caliber.

The weapons were intended for the protection of these groups during the transfer of drugs from Mexico to the United States. The investigation began after a thorough analysis of several criminal who could devote themselves to money laundering from drug trafficking. During the research conducted, it was determined that it actually claimed these people were arms sales to major drug cartels settled in Mexico and important interests in the US, so they was made aware of responsible American authorities combat drug trafficking.

After being subjected to close scrutiny investigated their activities and once all the information gathered last November in Barcelona proceeded to the arrest of the two men, after holding in a hotel in the Catalan capital several meetings with others, presumably to close purchase / sale of those weapons. Among the seized were located several firearms catalogs, mainly assault and sniper rifles, as well as handwritten notes consisting of various orders of this type of material.

The two detainees are Rahimi F. 40 and Vincent G. 44, and they are consisted them an international arrest warrant (OID) issued by the US authorities. The operation was conducted by agents of the Money Laundering Group of the Central Operational Unit (UCO its Spanish acronym) of the Civil Guard, in cooperation with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).