Former mayor of the border town of Columbus, Eddie Espinoza, 51, pled guilty Tuesday to charges that he helped smuggle guns to Mexico to drug gangs. He faces 65 years in prison. He pled guilty on one count of conspiracy, three counts of making false statements in the acquisition of firearms and three counts of smuggling firearms from the United States.
The AP talked to officials in Columbus who weren’t caught up in the ring that caught national attention last March:
“I am glad to hear about it,” said Rosemary Zamora, who lost her job as a town police officer earlier this week because of the town’s dire financial condition, which current officials blame on the indicted men.
http://newmexicoindependent.com/70715/former-columbus-mayor-pleads-guilty-to-gun-runningI'm sure the mayor the was just trying to improve the local economy. Too bad he's not a Fed. If he was, his ass would be covered. Oh well.
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