{"id":48986,"date":"2026-08-16T18:24:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=48986"},"modified":"2026-08-16T18:24:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-16T13:24:02","slug":"nevada-man-pleads-guilty-for-buying-firearms-for-cartel-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=48986","title":{"rendered":"Nevada man pleads guilty for buying firearms for cartel sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2F137600487.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft wp-block-nypost-editor-partner-article-links\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A\u00a0Nevada\u00a0man pleaded guilty on Friday to purchasing high-powered firearms and ammunition to sell to drug-trafficking organizations in Mexico, money laundering and employing people illegally in the US, Department of Justice officials said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Luis Alberto Osorio allegedly conspired with co-defendants between April 2020 and last September to buy 140 firearms, magazines, and ammunition for people <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/05\/17\/us-news\/mexican-senator-linked-to-sinaloa-cartel-reportedly-arrested-in-san-diego\/\">affiliated with violent\u00a0Mexican drug-trafficking cartels<\/a>, which would be sold south of the border for a profit, according to the US Attorney\u2019s Office in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>The guns included large caliber and long-range firearms such as the Ohio Ordnance Works M2-SLR .50 BMG, the Barrett M82A1 and M107A1 .50 BMG antimaterial rifles, the FN Herstal M249S 5.56x45mm and the FH Herstal SCAR 17S 7.62x51mm rifles, according to court documents.<\/p>\n<p>Osorio also admitted to employing people in the US illegally at a mining company in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Osorio, of Elko, pleaded guilty to one count of straw purchasing of firearms; one count of trafficking in firearms; one count of harboring certain aliens; and one count of\u00a0conspiracy to launder money.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Osorio allegedly purchased high-powered firearms and ammunition to sell to drug-trafficking organizations in Mexico. <span class=\"credit\">LRafael \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He faces a maximum of 70 years in prison if found guilty on all counts.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirearms trafficking networks feed the\u00a0violent cartels\u00a0that terrorize border communities and pump illicit drugs into our neighborhoods,\u201d First Assistant US Attorney Sigal Chattah for the District of Nevada said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-nv\/pr\/northern-nevada-man-pleads-guilty-trafficking-140-firearms-mexican-drug-trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">statement<\/a>. \u201cBy cutting off this supply chain and holding this defendant accountable, we are directly disrupting the operational capabilities of these dangerous criminal organizations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Osorio\u2019s sentencing is scheduled for February.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), led by Nemesio Oseguera, known as \u201cEl Mencho,\u201d pose for a photo at an undisclosed location in Michoacan state, Mexico, on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2022.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cTrafficking\u00a0military-style firearms\u00a0and ammunition to drug trafficking organizations in Mexico fuels violence, strengthens criminal networks and threatens communities on both sides of the border,\u201d said Jonathan Sherwin, deputy special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Las Vegas. \u201cThis guilty plea is the result of relentless work by HSI and the Homeland Security Task Force and our federal, state and local partners to disrupt the flow of weapons, money and criminal support that allows these organizations to operate.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Members of the Civil Guard of Michoacan patrol a highway supported by armored vehicles on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026, in Aguililla, Tierra Caliente, Mexico. <span class=\"credit\">AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The case is part of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/12\/10\/us-news\/feds-roll-out-first-of-its-kind-new-york-task-force-to-fight-evolving-transnational-organized-crime\/\">Homeland Security Task Force initiative<\/a>, which was created by an executive order President\u00a0Donald Trump\u00a0signed on his first day in office last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the world of\u00a0organized crime and drug trafficking, guns and drugs go hand-in-hand,\u201d David S. 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