On April 30, 2011
Borderland Beat reported on the discovery of an arsenal of weapons found inside a secret room in an upscale home in Ciudad Juarez. A gym in the house had a mirror wall that would open in to the room which was housing an impressive amount of weaponry that included the following:
• 24 brand new AK-47 rifles 7.62×3 caliber
• Two brand new Barret rifles 50 caliber
• A antiaircraft Brawning machine gun 30 caliber
• A sniper rifle 308 caliber
• A grenade launcher 40mm caliber
• Three handguns 308 caliber
• A rifle Ruger 2.23 caliber
• A rifle AR-15 2.23 caliber
• A HK rifle 7.62 caliber
• A 12 gauge shotgun
• 39 fragmentation and chemical grenades
• 26,708 rounds of ammunition of different calibers
• 7 chests ammunition strips 7.62 caliber for 30 caliber antiaircraft machine gun
• 247 AK-47 magazines
• 12 HK-G3 magazines
• 10 disc magazines for AK-47 7.62×39 caliber.
• 19 handgun magazines
• A magazine for MP-5 submachine gun
• Four magazines for AR-15
• A magazine for M-2 carbine
• 13 ballistic vests
• 19 bayonets for AK-47 rifles
• 53 green military-style uniforms
• Three camouflaged uniforms types galil. (overalls)
• Three money-counting machines.
• An electronic scale
• A machine to vacuum-seal plastic
• Three gas masks.
• 32 green trimmings
• Four turrets (siren)