LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A New Mexico man pleaded responsible to reselling firearms that he purchased in Las Vegas to consumers in Mexico and the U.S., based on the U.S. Division of Justice.
In line with courtroom paperwork and admissions made in courtroom, from December 202 by Jan. 17, 2023, Celso Daniel Ruiz purchased at the least 145 of the identical or related sorts of firearms from Federal Firearms Licensees in Las Vegas and Henderson. Shortly after shopping for most of the firearms, Ruiz crossed the U.S.-Mexico border.
After Ruiz crossed the border, 18 of the firearms he bought had been registered by folks all through numerous elements of Mexico, the DOJ mentioned.
The DOJ mentioned Ruiz knew that most of the firearms he purchased within the Las Vegas valley could be transferred exterior the U.S. and that he didn’t have a license to promote or export firearms.
Ruiz pleaded responsible to at least one depend of participating within the enterprise of dealing firearms and not using a license. He’s scheduled to be sentenced in August and faces a most of 5 years in jail and three years of supervised launch.
