NATIONAL BRIEFING / TEXAS
A Houston man was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for buying military-style firearms that ended up in the hands of Mexico’s violent drug cartels.
Prosecutors said John Phillip Hernandez was a leader of an organization that purchased 339 weapons over 15 months, many of them military-style weapons. At least 40 weapons have been recovered in Mexico and three have been found in Guatemala, according to court documents.
Hernandez, 26, was sentenced after pleading guilty in July to one count of making a false statement to a gun dealer.
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