Two charged with illegal firearms

9/10/2010
Salina Journal

KANSAS CITY, Kan. -- Ernesto Hernandez-Lizardi, 30, a citizen of Mexico, and Raul Manzanarez-Rivera, 29, a citizen of Mexico, have been charged with two counts of unlawful possession of firearms by illegal aliens.

The two were indicted by a federal grand jury meeting in Kansas City.

They initially were charged in a criminal complaint filed Aug. 26. The complaint alleged a Kansas Highway Patrol officer pulled the two men over for speeding Aug. 16 on Interstate Highway 70 in Ellis County. The men gave permission for troopers to search the pickup truck they were driving. Investigators found $14,400 in cash in a console between the seats. A subsequent search turned up a semiautomatic assault rifle and two loaded handguns.

If convicted, they face a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison without parole and a fine up to $250,000, as well as deportation after they are released.

http://www.saljournal.com/news/story/El ... ent-9-9-10