A Mexican ammunition smuggler, Jorge Armando Lopez-Espinoza, was sentenced to 46 months in prison for attempting to smuggle ammunition from the United States into Mexico.
According to the Department of Justice, in May of 2020, the 42-year-old Lopez-Espinoza conspired with others to smuggle 8,000 rounds of ammunition in his tractor trailer from Nogales, Arizona to Mexico.
Law enforcement agents were able to intercept the shipments of ammunition before Lopez-Espinoza acquired them. On May 14, 2020, Lopez-Espinoza picked up the boxes he believed contained the 8,000 rounds of ammunition, hid them in his tractor trailer, and attempted to enter Mexico through the Nogales Port of Entry.
Lopez-Espinoza later admitted he believed he was smuggling ammunition in the boxes, expected to be paid for doing so, and had previously smuggled ammunition into Mexico in exchange for payment.