#2A - So Much for That Law-Abiding Illegal Immigrant Myth...
Texas DACA recipient sentenced for firearm straw purchase scheme running guns to Mexico
Two men living in the Texas border town of Edinburg have been sentenced for their role in straw purchasing firearms related to a scheme involving running guns to Mexico.
Referred to as “don’t lie for the other guy,” a straw arm purchase prohibits the transfer of a firearm to someone who is legally prevented from owning one.
Edinburg residents Mario Elier Leal, 22, and Rodolfo Benitez-Garza, 24, pleaded guilty in 2024 and received sentences announced on Tuesday.
Chief U.S. District Judge Randy Crane ordered Leal to serve 97 months in federal prison and Benitez-Garza 18 months.
In 2022, Congress passed the Bipartisan Safer Community Act to increase the maximum penalty for straw purchasing to 15 years in prison and a $250,000 fine and up to 25 years in prison if the weapon is used to commit a felony, in an act of terrorism, or a drug trafficking crime.
Benitez-Garza was also required to serve three years of supervised release following the completion of his sentence. However, he was allowed to “remain on bond and voluntarily surrender to a Federal Bureau of Prisons facility to be determined in the near future,” according to the Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District.
The case involved Benitez-Garza working with another…
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When I read that, all I can think of at the moment is Eric "Dick" Holder, obama's criminal AG.
He was directly responsible for a feral agent's death by smuggled firearm.
Where is he now? He's the front man for China's takeover (secession) of California.
- Commies gonna commie......
Onward, Christian soldiers!