DEL RIO, Texas (AP) — Two men face up to life in U.S. prisons after being convicted of helping smuggle drugs into Texas and weapons to Mexico.

Prosecutors say Emilio Villalobos-Alcala and Jose Eluid Lugo-Lopez were being held Tuesday pending sentencing later this year.

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