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Luis Cortez-Garcia, Assault Rifle Manufacturing and Sales, California 2013
A Sacramento man has been sentenced to five and a half years in prison for his role in an assault rifle manufacturing and sales scheme, U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
Luis Cortez-Garcia, 44, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Garland E. Burrell Jr. for unlawful manufacturing and sales of firearms, possession of a machine gun, and possession of a unregistered firearm.
Cortez-Garcia’s brother and co-defendant, Emiliano Cortez-Garcia, was previously sentenced to six years in prison for the same charges in 2016.
The investigation found that Cortez-Garcia ran a firearm parts business called LCG AR-15 Parts and Custom Accessories on Florin Road in Sacramento, where he sold AR-15-style firearms that were manufactured in the metal shop at the rear of the business.
Cortez-Garcia did not have a license to manufacture or sell firearms and as an illegal alien and a felon, he was prohibited from possessing firearms. During the investigation, undercover agents and at least one convicted felon purchased manufactured-to-order assault weapons from the defendants.
The firearms did not have any manufacturer markings or serial numbers, making them untraceable should they be involved in criminal activity. During a search of the business, law enforcement officers seized 312 guns, including multiple fully automatic assault rifles, illegal short-barreled rifles, and silencers.
The case was the product of an investigation by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), and the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Firearms with assistance from the Sacramento Police Department, the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Department, and the California Highway Patrol.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Justin Lee prosecuted the case.
Key Facts
- State: California
- Category: Violent Crime|Weapons
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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