(El Paso, Texas)
A Border Patrol agent from El Paso pleaded guilty to firearms conspiracy Friday.Sentencing for Montalvo is scheduled for November 9. when he faces five years in prison.
Ricardo Montalvo, 29, and his girlfriend pleaded guilty to conspiracy, firearms and smuggling charges in federal court.
According an indictment, between November 2010 and January 2011, Montalvo and girlfriend Carla Gonzales-Ortiz participated in a conspiracy to illegally purchase firearms, ammunition and high-capacity magazines of the type for which there was a ready market among Mexican cartels.
The indictment alleged Montalvo and Gonzales-Ortiz made the purchases knowing that they would illegally be exported to Mexico.
Gonzales-Ortiz faces three years in prison when sentenced. After her release, she will be deported.
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