Authorities are still searching for a Rio Grande City woman after busting a Starr County-based gun ring.
A federal grand jury indicted Jeniffer Lopez and nine others on federal firearms charges last week.
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives (ATF) agents arrested two ringleaders and seven suspects but 28-year-old Lopez remains at large.
The group is accused of “straw purchasing” about 60 high-powered handguns and assault rifles between December 2008 and April 2009.
Straw purchasing is buying a gun for a criminal or someone else. The federal crime is punishable up to five years in prison.
Court records obtained by Action 4 News show the group bought the weapons at:
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i can't see this being a one off. more likely it's just the tip of the ice berg
as for fake id's.; just look at all the bag thefts, burglaries, robberies etc. all it takes to fake a passport thats just going to visually checked is a scalpel and pic..
identity theft is rife. i'd say getting fake id is the easiest thing in the world to do. look how many underage drinkers use a brothers or stolen id to buy booze?
A federal grand jury indicted Jeniffer Lopez and nine others on federal firearms charges last week.
U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives (ATF) agents arrested two ringleaders and seven suspects but 28-year-old Lopez remains at large.
The group is accused of “straw purchasing” about 60 high-powered handguns and assault rifles between December 2008 and April 2009.
Straw purchasing is buying a gun for a criminal or someone else. The federal crime is punishable up to five years in prison.
Court records obtained by Action 4 News show the group bought the weapons at:
source:
i can't see this being a one off. more likely it's just the tip of the ice berg
as for fake id's.; just look at all the bag thefts, burglaries, robberies etc. all it takes to fake a passport thats just going to visually checked is a scalpel and pic..
identity theft is rife. i'd say getting fake id is the easiest thing in the world to do. look how many underage drinkers use a brothers or stolen id to buy booze?