BIS Denies Several Individuals' Export Privileges After Arms Export Control Act Violations

The Bureau of Industry and Security is denying for 10 years the export privileges of six convicted violators of the Arms Export Control Act, BIS said in separate announcements. The perpetrators did not have licenses to authorize the exports. The convictions were all related to illicit gun exports or attempts to export guns, including the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas convictions of Jorge Santana (here) on May 5, 2014, Julio Cesar Solis-Castilleja (here) on June 30, 2014, Luis Alberto Najera-Citalan (here) on June 9, 2015, and Daniel Miranda-Mendoza (here) on Aug. 25, 2015; as well as the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina's conviction of Hassan Jamil Salame (here) on Nov. 3, 2015, and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida's conviction of Javier Nenos Rea (here) on Jan. 13, 2015.