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Mexico: Ex-Tijuana Mayor Charged with Unlawful Firearms Possession
8 June 2011
San Francisco Chronicle / AP
MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Mexican federal prosecutors said Wednesday they have charged a flamboyant former Tijuana mayor with illegal weapons possession.
Jorge Hank Rhon was transferred from detention in Mexico City to a prison in the border city of Tecate, Deputy Attorney General Patricia Bugarin said at a news conference.
Hank Rhon was arrested Saturday when troops found 40 rifles, 48 handguns, 9,298 bullets, 70 ammunition clips and a gas grenade at his Tijuana home... (GunPolicy.org)