Florida Resident Gets 20 Years in Prison for Illegal Exports to Terror Group

A Colombian national and Florida resident was sentenced to 20 years in prison for illegally exporting firearms to the National Liberation Army, a designated foreign terrorist organization in South America, the Justice Department said in a Jan. 28 press release. Francisco Joseph Arcila Ramirez worked with two others to illegally buy firearms in south Florida -- including four Draco 7.62mm caliber AK-style pistols and two Zastava M92 7.62mm AK-style pistols -- and ship them to Barranquilla, Colombia. The shipments also included about 100 AK-47 ammunition magazines and were hidden in “Husky air-compressors” bought by Arcila at a Home Depot. Arcila also planned future sales with a weapons broker for the terrorist group, which would have included more firearms magazines and components in the “coming months,” the Justice Department said. Arcila was paid about 60 million Colombian pesos for the goods, the press release said.