Yuma local stopped at border crossing and says Mexican troops stole his items

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - A Yuma local says Mexican National Guard Troops stole from him during a border crossing stop.

Jose Sanchez just received his second award for Best Employee at the Marine Corporation Hospitality Service.

He was recently visiting his mom across the border after she had a stroke to show her his new award. On his return back home, he was stopped at the Baja California and California border crossing.

He says it was for the type of music troops said he was playing.

During his car search, he says troops stole 400 pesos which is a little more than $20 and his honorary coin. He posted about the incident on social media, and the next day, troops responded back about finding his items.

"So I got a response from Mexican National Guard. They sent me a message 'Aye you now what we see your post, and then we got the coin, and then we got this, and we got your money' because they took 400 pesos, it's a little bit more than $20," said Jose Sanchez.

He says he's thankful to have his items back, but advises those who go through similar experiences to make a complaint so these type of problems don't happen again.

"If you don't make a complaint they don't know about it. I mean, they really got to take care of those kinds of problems, so if nobody complains, I mean do the right thing," said Sanchez.