WASHINGTON, March 9 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's U.S. Attorney's office for XXXXXX (insert district) issued the following press release:
DEL RIO, Texas - A Mexican national was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 84 months in prison for conspiracy to traffic firearms, announced U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Justin R. Simmons.
According to court documents, Martin Edgar Garza Pacheco, 42, of Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, was arrested at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry based on an investigation into the trafficking of firearms from the U.S. into Mexico. The investigation determined Garza Pacheco used co-conspirators Shiddartha Salinas Avila and Victor Ulysses Ybarra-Daniels to purchase a total of 36 firearms at var...