WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- The U.S. Department of Justice's Criminal Division issued the following news release:
Two Mexican nationals pleaded guilty today to multiple charges including alien smuggling and providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization, specifically, Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG).
"The defendants smuggled methamphetamine and aliens into the United States for financial gain, then doubled down to make more money by conspiring to export AK-47 style weapons and .50 caliber rifles to Mexico for CJNG, a terrorist organization that has destroyed lives and caused death in our great country," said Assistant Attorney General A. Tysen Duva of the Justice Department's Criminal Division. "The defenda...