Thread: Houston man sentenced for smuggling guns to Mexico

Houston man sentenced for smuggling guns to Mexico
By DANE SCHILLER and MARY FLOOD
Copyright 2009 Houston Chronicle
March 27, 2009, 3:03PM

The first person to be sent to prison from among a group of arms traffickers who bought Houston guns for Mexican drug cartels was sentenced to nearly four years today.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said Juan Pablo Gutierrez was a “prolificâ€

Hmmm, who are the ones smuggling guns? MEXICANS!


Texan gets 10 years for smuggling guns to Mexico
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN – 22 hours ago

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) — The leader of a group that bought more than 70 guns from licensed dealers in southern Texas and smuggled them to Mexico has been sentenced to 10 years in prison.

U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle sentenced 25-year-old Emmanuel Ramirez of Brownsville to concurrent sentences of five years for making false statements on firearms records and 10 years for smuggling goods out of the United States.

Prosecutors say Ramirez's ring of more than a dozen gun buyers allowed him to smuggle at least 77 guns into Mexico during a six-month period in 2007 and 2008.

Thirteen others involved received lighter sentences Tuesday.

Drug cartels in Mexico, which has strict gun control laws, are routinely being supplied with weapons from the United States.

(This version CORRECTS Ramirez' age to 25.)
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/art ... wD975VP2G0

Originally Posted by miguelina

Hmmm, who are the ones smuggling guns? MEXICANS!

Go figure! Isn't amazing how the MSM hasn't figured this one out?

Houston man, Juan Pablo Gutierrez sentenced for smuggling guns to Mexico.
Are we sure the man is an American living in Houston?