Deputy sentenced to 57 months in prison for gun smuggling
March 15, 2011 10:25 AM
By LAURA B. MARTINEZ, The Brownsville Herald

A Cameron County sheriff's deputy has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to gun smuggling charges.

Jesus A. Longoria, 31, appeared Monday before U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle where he was formally sentenced.

The U.S. Attorney's Office reports that Longoria admitted that while assigned in May to the Veteran's International Bridge and Gateway International Bridge he tried to send and export 13 semi-automatic firearms from the U.S. into Mexico.

The weapons were to be used by the Mexican drug cartel. In exchange for letting the guns through, Longoria was paid $4,000.

Longoria resigned from his position with the sheriff's department on the day of his arrest, which was Nov. 1.

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