The men who were captured had six automatic machine guns and the equivalent of about $100,000 in Mexican and Guatemalan currencies.
Inside the coffin are U.S. and Mexican currency.
The Mexican currency immediately weakened to as much as 2,700 to buy and 3,000 to sell.
Stopped at CAA to buy Mexican currency but they said they didn't have any.
Despite reports of the planned effort, the Mexican currency weakened for the fifth day against the dollar.
Obviously they have to have a lot of money on hand... probably in American dollars as well as Mexican currency.
The Mexican currency closed at 6.35 pesos to the dollar, down nearly 10 percent from Friday's close of 5.735.
That was more than double the amount of American and Mexican currency he had claimed to be carrying.
We were leaving a bank, after exchang- ing some Mexican currency.
The value of the Mexican currency will probably increase with the election of a new government.