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Argentina Announces Large Seizure of Weapons

Associated Press

   BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA - Argentine authorities have seized about 1,000
   guns and hundreds of explosives from an international criminal gang,
   officials said Thursday, calling it the largest seizure of its kind in
   the country's history.

   The security ministry said in a statement that the weapons were
   smuggled into Argentina from the U.S. and Europe. The magazines were
   purchased in Spain and the Netherlands and sent in containers aboard
   ships. They were then sent by land to neighboring Brazil and Paraguay.
   Officials have not identified the gang involved.

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