Commerce Hands Down Ten-Year Export Ban for Arms Smuggler

The Commerce Department banned Ernesto Salgado-Guzman from involvement in exports for 10 years from the date of his 2014 arms smuggling conviction, the agency’s Bureau of Industry and Security said (here). Salgado-Guzman exported certain rifles to Mexico in violation of the Arms Export Control Act, a California U.S. District Court ruled. BIS denied export privileges for Salgado-Guzman until May 5, 2024. Commerce put Salgado-Guzman on the Denied Persons List in recent days (see 1502180029). Salgado-Guzman is currently incarcerated in a Texas prison.