A pair of Cleveland men are facing charges for attempting to sell dozens of AR-15-style firearms to drug cartel members in Mexico.
Yarquimedes Rodriguez Hilario, 32, and Adison Lopez-Ramirez, 34, sold and attempted to sell 90 rifles and one machine gun to undercover federal agents posing as cartel members, said prosecutors out of the Middle District of Florida.
President Claudia Sheinbaum early this month stressed that to stop the flow of drugs into the United States, the U.S. must address gun smuggling. A lawsuit brought by Mexico against U.S. gun manufacturers over the avalanche of U.S. guns into the country.
“Guns trafficked from the United States are the lifeblood of the cartels,” Jonathan Lowy, an attorney for Mexico in its cases over U.S. guns in the country, told USA TODAY. “If you want to stop the cartels and you want to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and the violence that’s causing migration to the U.S., you need to stop the pipeline of guns trafficked across the bord
Yarquimedes Rodriguez Hilario, 32, and Adison Lopez-Ramirez, 34, sold and attempted to sell 90 rifles and one machine gun to undercover federal agents posing as cartel members, said prosecutors out of the Middle District of Florida.
President Claudia Sheinbaum early this month stressed that to stop the flow of drugs into the United States, the U.S. must address gun smuggling. A lawsuit brought by Mexico against U.S. gun manufacturers over the avalanche of U.S. guns into the country.
“Guns trafficked from the United States are the lifeblood of the cartels,” Jonathan Lowy, an attorney for Mexico in its cases over U.S. guns in the country, told USA TODAY. “If you want to stop the cartels and you want to stop the trafficking of fentanyl and the violence that’s causing migration to the U.S., you need to stop the pipeline of guns trafficked across the bord
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