EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A man tasked with procuring hundreds of high-caliber firearms for Mexico’s Northeast cartel has pleaded guilty to multiple conspiracy charges in U.S. federal court.

Prosecutors said Gerardo Rafael Perez Jr., aka Jerry, and a network of “straw buyers” under his charge illicitly obtained FNH SCAR and M2495 rifles, Barrett .50-caliber sniper rifles, M240s and M1919 machine guns from gun stores and unlicensed dealers in San Antonio and other Texas cities.

The gunrunners also acquired parts for modifying AR-15 rifles to use belt-fed ammunition so they could fire continuously at a target. Perez supervised the purchase, trafficking, and illegal export of the guns and parts to the Nuevo Laredo, Mexico-based cartel without an export license or a license to deal fi

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