A Kenyan national has been interdicted in the United States after being linked with a sensational conspiracy to supply weapons to a Mexican cartel.
An indictment unsealed in the Eastern District of Virginia revealed that the Kenyan was part of a group which included individuals from Eastern Europe and East Africa.
Report indicates that the group was accused of conspiring to deliver weapons, including rocket launchers, AK-47 rifles and anti-aircraft system.
The group is believed to have forged official export documents to conceal the cartel as the true recipient of the firearms.
U.S prosecutors further revealed that a test shipment of 50 assault rifles was sent from Eastern Europe using fake documents.
All this equipment has an estimated value of USD 58 million, which is approximately Ksh7.5 billion.
The alleged traffickers reportedly agreed to keep supplying forged documents to avoid being detected.
