El Tiburon
Guest
I know of two people-man and woman-who crossed at Lukeville about 10 years ago totally ignorant of the gun laws in Mexico. It was their first trip down. They had a pistol in their trunk and thought all they had to do was voluntarily declare it. They even thought it was supposed to be left with Mexican customs and reclaimed when they went back to the US. They were both arrested and spent six months in the prison in Nogales. It took a lot of effort by a lot of people to get them released. They were eventually "released" on bond and were to come back to Mexico for a trial at some future point. The returned to the US which was what everyone-including Mexican officials-knew would happen. Moral of the story is find out from the country you are visiting what the laws are before crossing the border.