Mexican man sentenced in Arizona drug, weapons case

08/23/2012

PHOENIX - A Mexican man has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison in Arizona for conspiring to buy an anti-aircraft missile and other military-grade weapons.

Federal prosecutors say 27-year-old David Diaz-Sosa, of Sinaloa, was sentenced Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Phoenix. He must serve five years of supervised release after his prison term.

The alleged weapons and narcotics broker pleaded guilty in April 2011 to all four counts of a superseding indictment.

Diaz-Sosa was charged with conspiring to acquire and export an anti-aircraft "Stinger" missile from a Mexican drug cartel and conspiring to possess unregistered machine guns and transfer firearms for use in a drug trafficking crime. He also was charged with conspiring to possess and distribute methamphetamine.

Diaz-Sosa was arrested by federal agents in Arizona in February 2010.

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