Prison terms handed out in Columbus gun trafficking case

[SecularMotion]

According to court records, from approximately July 2010 to February 2011, the defendants were involved in a firearms straw purchasing and smuggling scheme spearheaded by former Village of Columbus Trustee Blas Gutierrez.

Approximately 193 firearms, primarily AK-47 type pistols and 9 mm pistols, were fraudulently purchased from Ian Garland, owner of Chaparral Guns in Chaparral, NM, by Blas Gutierrez and others, including Rivera, Carrillo, former Village of Columbus Mayor Eddie Espinoza, Ricardo Gutierrez and Eva Gutierrez.

Each falsely stated on ATF Form 4473 that he or she was the actual purchaser of the firearms. Court records also reveal that these straw purchasers had reason to know that the purchased firearms were illegally destined to people in Mexico.

Gabriela Gutierrez' role was recruiting one straw purchaser and paying other straw purchasers for their criminal efforts.

http://www.demingheadlight.com/deming-news/ci_21742141/prison-terms-handed-out-columbus-gun-trafficking-case

[irisblue]

1. state?

several columbus' in the country

[petronius]

2. Looks like New Mexico

Glad to see straw purchasers punished appropriately...

[Loudly]

3. It's shocking and absurd that this stuff is available for purchase at all.

Turn off the spigot.

[PavePusher]

4. We sure wish you'd turn off yours.

Looks like we'll all be dissappointed, eh?

[Eleanors38]

10. Into the corner! One run crossed! Here comes another! Safe! Stand-up double! (roar!)nt

[Atypical Liberal]

8. Why punish everyone for the crimes of a few? n/t

[AtheistCrusader]

5. Stiffest sentence was 2 years? Nice to seem them taking this shit seriously.

What kinda namby-pamby coddling bullshit is that. Two fucking years? That's IT?

[petronius]

6. Two years was the shortest sentence. 90, 70, and 46 months for the others,

followed by supervised release...

[AtheistCrusader]

7. Wow, how did I get that backwards?

7.5 years, that i'm sure won't be fully served.

Given the crimes enabled by their knowingly illegal actions, that seems pretty short. I'd be expecting more like 20 years.
A lot of people died as a result of that.

[Remmah2]

9. Another case of the ATF finally doing their job.

Funny how the anti2A organizations don't lobby the ATF to act swifter and harder. Do they want the ATF to be lax?

[Eleanors38]

11. Gun law violated. Convictions and sentences....