Cameron County, Texas
A Cameron County sheriff’s deputy has been sentenced to 57 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to gun smuggling charges.
Jesus A. Longoria, 31, appeared Monday before U.S. District Judge Hilda Tagle for the sentencing.
Longoria had been employed as a sheriff’s deputy since March 2006. He resigned Nov. 1, the day he was arrested, authorities said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office reports that Longoria admitted that while assigned in May to the Veterans International Bridge and Gateway International Bridge, he tried to export 13 semiautomatic firearms from the U.S. to Mexico.
Longoria said he believed the weapons were to be used by a Mexican drug cartel. In exchange for letting the guns through, he said he was paid $4,000.
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