EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — An Arizona teen allegedly was caught slipping guns and knives through the border wall south into Mexico.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the 16-year-old boy was seen on surveillance approaching the wall and trying to force a large duffel bag through the barrier before running away about 1:45 a.m. Friday in his hometown of Nogales, Arizona.
Agents from the U.S. Border Patrol’s Nogales Station responded, arrested the teen, and recovered the duffel bag, which they said contained an AR-style rifle, a pistol, two knives and various ammunition magazines.
Tucson Sector Chief Patrol Agent Sean McGoffin, who posted pictures of the weapons on X, called the attempted gun smuggling “a miss!”
“Local teen attempts to smuggle guns into Mexico but ends up in handcuffs,” he posted.
CBP said federal investigators are working with prosecutors to determine with what to charge the teen.