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 News Around the Republic of Mexico | April 2008 
US Soldier to Stand Trial in Mexico
 Associated Press
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Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - A U.S. soldier has been arrested in Mexico and ordered to stand trial after he was caught entering the country with a pistol, a rifle and ammunition.
Twenty-five-year-old Spc. Richard R. Medina Torres was arrested Monday. On Saturday, a judge ordered him held for trial on charges equivalent to smuggling and weapons possession.
Medina Torres has called the case a misunderstanding. He said he entered Mexico with his personal weapons by mistake after taking a wrong turn on the highway. He says "I just want to go home."
Mexico has strict gun-control laws and is plagued by increasing drug-related violence. Mexican officials say most weapons used by drug gangs come from the United States. |
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