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TYLER \u2013 A Tyler man has been convicted of federal firearms violations. According to a release from the Eastern District of Texas Public Affairs Office,\u00a0Francisco Martinez, also known as Cisco, 23, was found guilty by a jury of selling a firearm to a person intending to use it in drug trafficking crimes and possessing a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime. The verdict was reached following a trial before U.S. District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle on March 4, 2025.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis verdict continues to demonstrate how relentless the Eastern District of Texas U.S. Attorney\u2019s Office and its FBI and ATF partners will work to combat violent crime,\u201d said Acting U.S. Attorney Abe McGlothin, Jr. \u201cAs promised, my office and our law enforcement partners will find drug and illicit gun dealers and take them off the streets.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cEvery family should have the opportunity to live in a safe community,\u201d said Dallas FBI Special Agent in Charge R. Joseph Rothrock. \u201cAlong with our law enforcement partners, we remain firmly committed to provide protection for the residents in our area of responsibility and to disrupt and dismantle threats that endanger our neighborhoods.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAs the old adage goes, guns and drugs just don\u2019t mix. Unfortunately for Mr. Martinez, he has found this out the hard way. ATF\u2019s priority will always be to keep our communities free of violent actors. This conviction does just that. I would like to thank all our partners who helped in this investigation and continue to keep East Texas safe.\u201d stated ATF Dallas Field Division Special Agent in Charge Jeffrey C. Boshek II.<\/p>\n
According to information presented in court, Martinez was known to law enforcement as a black-market source of firearms in Tyler. While conducting a drug trafficking investigation in Tyler, Martinez was located accompanying a known cocaine dealer to a drug purchase in a grocery store parking lot. Martinez provided an AK-47 firearm as part of the drug transaction. Martinez was indicted by a federal grand jury on October 18, 2023.<\/p>\n
He faces up to life in federal prison at sentencing. The maximum statutory sentence prescribed by Congress is provided here for information purposes, as the sentencing will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing will be scheduled after the completion of a pre-sentence investigation by the U.S. Probation Office.<\/p>\n
This case was prosecuted as part of the joint federal, state, and local Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN) Program, the centerpiece of the Department of Justice\u2019s violent crime reduction efforts. PSN is an evidence-based program proven to be effective at reducing violent crime. Through PSN, a broad spectrum of stakeholders work together to identify the most pressing violent crime problems in the community and develop comprehensive solutions to address them. As part of this strategy, PSN focuses enforcement efforts on the most violent offenders and partners with locally based prevention and reentry programs for lasting reductions in crime.<\/p>\n
This case was investigated by the FBI\u2019s Dallas Division \u2013 Tyler Resident Agency; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the Texas Department of Public Safety; and the Tyler Police Department and was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Dustin Farahnak and Lucas Machicek.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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