The arsenal seized earlier this year in Tijuana's Colonia Independencia was a sizable one: nine firearms, including six rifles of various calibers, two pistols and a .357 Magnum revolver; 169 rounds of ammunition; six bulletproof vests and radio-communications equipment.
Department 25 in the North County Division of San Diego Superior Court sits at the end of a third-floor hallway, sheltered from most of the building's swirling traffic of criminal and civil cases.