Mayor gets 51 months in prison in U.S.-Mexico gun case

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Mayor gets 51 months in prison in U.S.-Mexico gun case

By Ashley Meeks
Thu Jun 14, 2012 8:29pm EDT

(Reuters) - The ousted mayor of a small New Mexico border town who helped run nearly 200 firearms to a violent Mexican drug cartel was sentenced on Thursday to 51 months in prison, authorities said.

Eddie Espinoza, 52, the former mayor of Columbus, received the sentence from U.S. District Judge Robert Brack in federal court in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman said.

Brack also ordered three years of supervised release for Espinoza, who pleaded guilty in July 2011 to conspiracy, three counts of making false statements in the acquisition of firearms and three counts of smuggling firearms from the United States.

Espinoza, who faced up to 50 years in prison, is among 12 defendants who pleaded guilty to charges in the gun-running conspiracy.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/15/us-usa-mexico-guns-idUSBRE85E00T20120615

[Remmah2]

1. Too bad he can't do time in a Mexican prison. nt

nt

[Tejas]

2. 4 years out of a possible 50 years.

Things that make you go hmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Spoonman]

3. Let me get this straight

A Mayor can't do it, but the US Attorney General can?

[slackmaster]

4. Next up: Eric Holder

[DonP]

5. I'm sure this is all the fault of the NRA ... somehow.

Any minute one of our friends who wants more gun control will show up to connect the dots.

Now, was this guy another member of Bloomie's MAIG? With that kind of criminal record he probably qualifies for leadership in it.

[Hoyt]

6. Another "law-abiding" gun trafficker caught by feds. And none of the gun culture is cheering. Why?

[Spoonman]

7. Let's analyze your post

Another "law-abiding" gun trafficker caught by feds. And none of the gun culture is cheering. Why?

I see posts by pro-RKBA in support of the conviction, and advocating the strict enforcement of existing laws.

Please tell us which one is most accurate:

1. You failed to read any of the replies and are trying to disrupt (troll behavior)
2. You read the replies and are trying to disrupt (troll behavior)
3. You read the replies and cannot understand the english language
4. You read the replies and just don't give a shit about facts that negate every argument you spew out like projectile vomit.
5. You have spewed out the same shit SO many times your fingers were locked into auto-type


The real "Why?" here is actually a question you should be asking yourself.

Why does no one take me seriously?

[Hoyt]

9. Every post in support of more guns is SOS too. When are you going to stop?

[Spoonman]

12. I'll stop when the FACTS demonstrate a need to.

So long as my defense of RKBA is supported by FACTS, and your anti firearms stance is based on nothing but mush minded hyperbole, I will win the debate EVERY time.

Have a nice day

[slackmaster]

10. Hey Hoyt, I think it's wonderful that a major criminal has been caught and justice served

When are they going to go after the Big Cheese?

[PavePusher]

11. Apparently you are not paying attention.

What a surprise....

[jeepnstein]

8. Plata o plomo?

Our mayor may have been in cahoots with the cartels, or he could have very well been yet another small-time government official offered that choice. And now he's heading to a prison that is probably run by a gang that is under the direct control of one of those cartels. What a wonderful life.

Until we get a handle on the whole war on drugs joke, things like this will continue to happen.