CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A South Texas man has been sentenced in Corpus Christi to more than eight years in prison for his role in trafficking assault rifles to Mexico.

The U.S. Attorney’s office says Senior U.S. District Judge Hayden Head sentenced 27-year-old Angel Aquino-Pineda of McAllen Friday to 100 months in prison.

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