Alabama, Father and Son Arrested For Attempting to Smuggle 300 Firearms Into Mexico
By Rick McCann
Blue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News
November 3, 2025
ALABAMA Federal law enforcement and police in two states have arrested two men from Alabama after authorities say that they were involved in a plot to traffic firearms to Mexico.
Emilio Ramirez Cortes, 48, a Mexican citizen who legally resides in the United States, and his son, Edgar Emilio Ramirez Diaz, have been charged with trafficking more than 300 weapons, along with ammunition and magazines, announced Attorney General Pamela Bondi and U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei on Tuesday.
Both men have made their initial appearances in Laredo federal court and will remain in custody pending a detention hearing. The men face charges of smuggling firearms, ammunition, magazines and other firearms accessories as well as trafficking of firearms.
“Disrupting the illegal flow of weapons into Mexico is a key part of our whole-of-government approach to dismantling the cartels,” Bondi said. “This significant seizure represents our commitment to protecting Americans from brutal cartel violence.”
On October 23, 2025, federal officers noticed two vehicles that appeared to be driving in tandem as they approached the Juarez-Lincoln Port of Entry in Laredo Texas, according to the complaint.
Customs and Border Patrol said that Ramirez Diaz was driving a Chevrolet Tahoe with Alabama license plates, followed by his father in a Chevrolet Silverado with Mexican license plates. Both vehicles were allegedly hauling enclosed white box utility trailers.
CBP officers stopped both vehicles for inspection and officers found false walls in both trailers, which resulted in the discovery of well over 300 rifles and pistols, as well as various caliber ammunition and magazines.
According to court records, Cortes and Diaz were smuggling these weapons and related items in exchange for payment and had done so on multiple occasions.
Court records didn’t specify which area of Alabama Cortes and Diaz are from.
Homeland Security Investigations, federal law enforcement, are continuing their investigation.
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