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Commerce Denies Export Privileges for AECA Violation

The Department of Commerce denied Ruben Beltran-Ramos export privileges after he was convicted of violating the Arms Export Control Act, Commerce said in a Dec. 31 notice. Beltran-Ramos illegally exported 5,000 cartridges of ammunition from the U.S. to Mexico without…

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a license, Commerce said. He was convicted Nov. 20, 2018, and sentenced to 26 months in prison and a $100 fine. Commerce revoked Beltran-Ramos’ export privileges for 10 years from his date of conviction.