An Arizona City man, Jorge Zuniga-Aguilera, was sentenced to 27 months in prison after pleading guilty to Making a False Statement During the Purchase of a Firearm.
His sentence is to be followed by 36 months of supervised release.
According to the Department of Justice, between September 2020 and June 2021, Zuniga-Aguilera, age 23, straw purchased at least 82 firearms from Arizona gun stores and put them into illegal commerce. Two of these firearms were recovered by law enforcement in Mexico City, Mexico. One was used to murder a Mexican citizen.
Zuniga-Aguilera purchased the firearms for a person whom he knew did not have legal status in the United States—and who therefore could not legally purchase firearms—in exchange for money. To make the purchases, Zuniga-Aguilera lied about where he lived and lied about being the true purchaser of the firearms.