In interviews with investigators, the men said that they entered the U.S. last month and purchased the ammunition at an unidentified gun store in Salt Lake City.
They told investigators that the bullets were destined for Pueblo, Colorado.
The U.S. Attorney?s office in Colorado said in a press release that the case is now part of Operation Take Back America, which aims ?to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.?