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Mexican man sentenced to 3 years for attempting to smuggle guns, ammo from Arizona
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A Mexican national was sentenced to 36 months in prison after pleading guilty to conspiracy in an attempt to smuggle ammunition and guns into Mexico.
Jorge Alexis Hernandez-Martinez, 25, of Nogales, Sonora, was sentenced on July 14 by U.S. District Judge Scott H. Rash. Hernandez-Martinez also will be subject to three years of supervised release following his prison sentence, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Hernandez-Martinez and his co-conspirators obtained firearms and ammunition from licensed firearms dealers within Arizona with the intent to smuggle them into Mexico, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
In January 2020, Hernandez-Martinez and his co-conspirators obtained 6,800 rounds of 9mm ammunition, which are designated on the U.S. Commerce Control List as prohibited by law for export from the United States into Mexico without a valid license.
Neither Hernandez-Martinez nor any other individual involved in the conspiracy to export firearms and ammunition had a license or any other lawful authority to export them from the United States into Mexico.
Homeland Security Investigations conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorneys Brandon Bolling and Sandra M. Hansen, District of Arizona, Tucson, handled the prosecution.
