Seven Houstonians Convicted In Plan To Send Assault Rifles Into Mexico

By Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, Houston Chronicle: Local
Mon, 04/21/2014 - 1:11pm

Seven Houstonians have been convicted in a federal court of conspiring to traffic dozens of AK-47 variant rifles into Mexico, federal attorneys and ATF officials announced Monday. Abel Lopez, 34, Arturo Garcia, 30, Roberto Santana Mears, 22, Mary Bel Deanda, 39, Martha Gonzales, 41, Angel Aquino-Pineda, 27, and Javier Resendez, 29, have all pleaded guilty in connection with the operation.

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