Texas Man Sentenced for Bid to Smuggle Firearms Into Mexico
Manual Dominquez, a resident of Laredo, Texas, was sentenced to 87 months in prison for possessing firearms as a convicted felon and attempting to smuggle those firearms into Mexico, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said…
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April 11. Dominquez was arrested after he took possession of two Barrett .50 caliber rifles, with the intent to eventually smuggle them into Mexico. The rifles were meant for members of the Cartel De Norte, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. Dominquez was previously convicted for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, precluding his possession of a firearm or ammunition.