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., in response to the U.S. Division of Justice.
In accordance with court docket paperwork and admissions made in court docket, from December 202 by Jan. 17, 2023, Celso Daniel Ruiz purchased a minimum of 145 of the identical or comparable kinds of firearms from Federal Firearms Licensees in Las Vegas and Henderson. Shortly after shopping for lots 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 individuals all through numerous components of Mexico, the DOJ mentioned.
The DOJ mentioned Ruiz knew that lots of the firearms he purchased within the Las Vegas valley could be transferred outdoors 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 with out 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.
