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U.S. Army Reservists In San Diego Charged With Attempting To Sell AK 47s To The Mexican Cartel

Army reservists charged with selling AK47's and other weapons to the cartel. — Army reservists charged with selling AK47’s and other weapons to the cartel.

Two U.S. Army reservists in San Diego County were arrested Wednesday and charged with illegally selling guns, ammunition and body armor to an undercover federal agent posing as a member of a Mexican drug cartel.

According to a criminal complaint, Jaime Casillas, 22, and Andrew Reyes, 34, sold 10 guns, including four AK-47 assault rifles, and thousands of rounds of ammunition to the undercover agent. The complaint says some of the arms were military issue and others were bought in Texas and resold in California.

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They were sold in seven different meetings with the undercover agent, who made it clear on multiple occasions that he worked for a cartel and the guns were bound for Mexico, the complaint said. The agents wore their military uniforms to at least one of the exchanges.

Reyes indicated that the body armor and ammunition magazines they sold were from military inventory, the complaint said.

The reservists got at least $13,000 from sales to the undercover agent.

Both men work in the Army National Guard Armory in La Mesa and were arrested Wednesday — Casillas during a traffic stop in El Cajon and Reyes at his home in La Mesa.

They were indicted on charges of dealing firearms without a license and the unlicensed transport of a firearm.

The two are scheduled to appear in court Thursday.

Fox News Latino

Crime Fiction Author Don Winslow Debuts The Final Cover For His Book ‘The Cartel’

Don Winslow is an American author most recognized for his crime and mystery novels. Many of his books are set in California. He has published a series of five novels that have a private investigator named Neal Carey as their main character.

He has written the screenplays for Savages, Satori and other adaptations of his novels with screenwriter/producer Shane Salerno. (via Wikipedia)

New York Times Bestselling Author

TheCartelBookCover — Author Don Winslow shared a final edit of his book cover for the upcoming book, ‘The Cartel’.

Don Winslow shared the final cover for his upcoming sequel book, THE CARTEL via his Twitter page and I absolutely LOVE it.

The Cartel is the follow up to his novel, The Power of the Dog in which Winslow plans to set both books up and tell a two-film epic story of a drug war that spans 45 years and focuses on two mortal enemies.

According to Deadline.com, the first installment has been in the works for some time.

Winslow is planning to release the first film in the fall of 2016 and the second film around year 2018.

I am more than excited to get my hands on a copy of this book and the films are a MUST SEE.

I am positive that Mr. Winslow will execute them perfectly, the artwork visuals are pure dope.

The release date is set for June 23

Stay tuned to The Pen Hustle for more updates.

For more information on Don Winslow and The Cartel visit his official website

Don Winslow on Twitter

Former Prime Minister Of Jamaica Claims He Never Told US Authorities That Women Were Raped During The Tivoli Raids

Former Prime Minister Bruce Golding on Thursday denied that he told US Charge d’affaires Isaiah Parnell that non-combatants were being “summarily” killed and women raped during the security forces’ operation to apprehend former don Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke.

Golding made the denial while being questioned by Lord Anthony Gifford, QC, during the Tivoli Gardens enquiry.

Gifford had questioned Golding about the content of an e-mail sent in May 2010 by Isaiah Parnell, the US charge d’affaires in Jamaica, to a colleague after meeting with Golding a day after the May 24 operation to apprehend Coke started.

Parnell had told his colleague that Golding had told him that women were being raped and non-combatants were being “summarily shot”, but that “our military assets could not confirm this”.

Asked if what Parnell said to his colleague, that Golding could not trust the reporting from the Jamaica Defence Force, and sent Bishop Herro Blair, then public defender and then head of the Red Cross Dr Jaslin Stewart into Tivoli was indeed his position, Golding said he sent the men into Tivoli Gardens because of conflicting reports, and he was in search of truth.

Jamaica Observer