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Commerce Denies Export Privileges Due to Illegal Ammunition Exports

The Department of Commerce denied Edgar Sanchez-Muro export privileges after he was convicted of violating the Arms Export Control Act by illegally exporting 980 rounds of ammunition from the U.S. to Mexico, Commerce said in a Dec. 31 notice. Sanchez-Muro…

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was convicted June 19, 2019, and sentenced to one year in prison and a $100 fine. Commerce revoked Sanchez-Muro’s export privileges for five years from his date of conviction.