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A Texas man was sentenced to 78 months in federal prison for supplying guns to a cartel.

Edgar Raul Moreno was caught purchasing military-grade rifles for the Sinaloa Cartel.

He admitted to purchasing around 20 guns for the cartel and was paid a profit of over $1,000 per gun.

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - A Texas man has been sentenced to federal prison for supplying guns to a Mexican cartel.

The man is believed to have purchased around 20 military-grade guns for the Sinaloa Cartel within a year.

Cartel gun supplier sentenced

Edgar Raul Moreno, 50, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to 78 months in prison.

The six-and-a-half-year sentence was for his role in a scheme to provide guns to the Sinaloa Cartel, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of T

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