Last 2 in Texas gun smuggling cases get prison

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — The final two Houston residents convicted in a South Texas weapons smuggling ring linked to Mexico have been sentenced to prison.

Javier Resendez and Mary Bel Deanda pleaded guilty to conspiracy-related weapons counts. Resendez was sentenced Tuesday to nearly seven years in prison. A federal judge in Corpus Christi ordered Deanda to serve two years behind bars.

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