(Council Bluffs) Two Nebraska men and two Iowa men were sentenced for conspiracy to provide false statements during the purchase of firearms.
According to public court documents, in late October 2022 through May 2023, 28-year-old Alfredo Rios, Jr. and 23-year-old Christian Javier Rios Magana, both Nebraska residents, and 49-year-old Martin Velazquez Trujillo, and 38-year-old Victor Alfonso Magana-Ahumada, both Iowa residents, conspired to make false statements to federally licensed firearm dealers to fraudulently obtain firearms. As part of the conspiracy, the firearms purchasers falsely stated they were the actual transferee or buyer of the firearm. The fraudulently acquired firearms were illegally shipped to Mexico.
On Thursday, December 12, 2024, Magana-Ahumada was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. After completing his term of imprisonment, Magana-Ahumada will be required to serve a three-year term of supervised release.
On June 5, 2024, co-conspirators Alfredo Rios, Jr., Rios Magana, and Velazquez Trujillo each received five months’ terms of probation.
