A Mexican man, Jesus Angel Vasquez Balganon, is set to be sentenced after pleading guilty to Smuggling Goods from the United States and International Money Laundering.
According to the Department of Justice, Vasquez Balganon admitted that, between March of 2018 and January of 2021, and on April 6, 2021, he attempted to export and did export numerous firearms, some of which were recovered in Mexico. He also attempted to export and did export weapons components, ammunition, and accessories.
On April 6, 2021, Vasquez Balganon was arrested at the Nogales, Arizona Port of Entry attempting to smuggle high-capacity magazines that were concealed in his vehicle into Mexico. Customs and Border Protection officers found a shopping bag in the vehicle containing nine 30-round AR-15 5.56 caliber high-capacity magazines. Vasquez Balganon stated he knew about the magazines and knew he was prohibited from taking them into Mexico. Vasquez Balganon also stated that he expected to be paid $100 to transport the magazines from the United States into Mexico.
Further investigation revealed that, prior to his apprehension and arrest on April 6, 2021, Vasquez Balganon had attempted to export or exported 67 firearms, including a machinegun, an AK-103 style firearm, a Century Arms WASR rifle, and an FN SCAR 17 rifle, as well as 20,000 rounds of ammunition and ammunition links and 208 magazines. Some of the firearms were recovered in Mexico.
All the firearms, weapons components, ammunition, magazines, and accessories are designated on the United States Commerce Control List as prohibited by law for export from the United States into Mexico without a valid license. Vasquez Balganon did not possess a lawful export license or any other lawful authority to export these items from the United States into Mexico.
Vasquez Balganon also admitted that, from February of 2019 to March of 2021, in Arizona and elsewhere, he transferred $20,680 from a U.S. bank to a bank in Mexico with the knowledge and intent that these funds were to be obtained in cash in Mexico and used for the smuggling of firearms and weapons components, ammunition, and accessories that were illegally exported from the United States into Mexico.
A conviction for Smuggling Goods from the United States carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
A conviction for International Money Laundering carries a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.
So when will Owebama and Eric Holder go to jail for Operation Fast and Furious???