Weapons Traffic: To keep guns out of Mexico, Texas lawmakers propose checkpoint

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To keep guns out of Mexico, Texas lawmakers propose checkpoint - Politics Wires - MiamiHerald.com: "Some Texas lawmakers, tired of cash and guns illegally making their way into Mexico and fueling violence in the northern part of the country, say they think they know how to help.

They are proposing southbound checkpoints where Texas law enforcers can stop vehicles about to cross the border and look for guns, cash and drugs.

'We need to be engaged in this issue,' said Sen. Eddie Lucio, D-Brownsville, who has filed a bill to create southbound checkpoints, as has Sen. Juan 'Chuy' Hinojosa, D-McAllen."