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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 Texas.

The court was shown that Moreno purchased at least 20 guns for the cartel, including around 20 belt-fed rifles. He reportedly said he was paid $1,000-$1,400 per gun purchased.

Moreno was captured after ATF agents saw him purchasing an M249S belt-fed rifle from a licensed de

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