TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — A former U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agent has taken a plea for firearm offenses and drug smuggling.
A federal grand jury indicted Ramon Antonio Monreal-Rodriguez, assigned to Three Points at the time, in 2018 for conspiring to unlawfully obtain fire arms for others.
KGUN 9 has obtained federal documents that show he pled guilty to several charges, including:
- Conspiracy to unlawfully acquire firearms on behalf of others to a federally-licensed firearms dealers
- Conspiracy to provide firearms to a convicted felon
- Smuggling more than a million in cash to smugglers
- Smuggling than 250 pounds of cocaine while using a border patrol vehicle
Monreal-Rodriguez could get up to 13 years in prison.
He had been with the CBP for 10 years at the time of his arrest.
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