Fernando Romero-Salgado, 38, of Rio Rico, was sentenced on August 29, to 82 months’ imprisonment for smuggling ammunition. Romero-Salgado was found guilty following trial of smuggling goods from the United States and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.
On Dec. 8, 2016, Romero-Salgado and co-defendant Alberto De La Cruz-Cano purchased 12,000 rounds of ammunition from an ammunition store in Phoenix, intending to unlawfully export the ammunition to Mexico. They loaded the ammunition into Romero-Salgado’s vehicle and Romero-Salgado drove to Rio Rico, where he was found with the ammunition at his home.
Romero-Salgado had been previously convicted of four felony offenses and was therefore prohibited from possessing ammunition by federal law. He and De La Cruz-Cano had also smuggled ammunition into Mexico on several prior occasions. De La Cruz-Cano was previously sentenced in this case to 41 months’ imprisonment after pleading guilty to his smuggling offenses.