WASHINGTON, Oct. 26 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
BOSTON - A Boston man has been sentenced in federal court in Boston for illegally sending firearms between the United States and the Dominican Republic.
Alexis Lara Herrera, 28,was sentenced by U.S. Senior District Court Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV to eight months in prison, to be followed by two years of supervised release. The defendant is subject to deportation. In May 2026, Herrera pleaded guilty to failure to file export information.
On or about March 18, 2023, law enforcement in the Port of Haina in the Dominican Republic conducted security examinations of international freight in the port. D...