BIS Suspends Export Privileges for Smuggling Ammunition to Mexico

The Bureau of Industry and Security this week suspended the export privileges of Texas resident Obed Rafael Cuevas-Serratos for illegally exporting ammunition from the U.S. to Mexico. Cuevas-Serratos was convicted Aug. 3, 2021, for smuggling about 13,000 rounds of 7.62 mm ammunition and was sentenced to 30 months of “confinement,” three years of supervised release and a $100 assessment. BIS suspended Cuevas-Serratos’ export privileges for nine years from the conviction date.