HOUSTON ? A 22-year-old local man has been ordered to federal prison following his conviction of being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Avery Frank Bass Jr. pleaded guilty March 22.

U.S. District Judge David Hittner has now ordered?

McALLEN, Texas ? Multiple local residents have been sentenced for narcotics trafficking, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Gabriel Ortiz, 31, Francisco Ortiz, 53, and Adbento Guerrero, 62, all of McAllen; and Alonzo Rolando Garza, 42, Edinburg, had all previously pleaded guilty?

HOUSTON ? A 39-year-old man has been sentenced for being a felon in possession of a converted machine gun, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Christopher Victor pleaded guilty Aug. 14, 2023, to possessing a loaded .40 caliber pistol which was located under his seat...

McALLEN, Texas ? A 68-year-old resident of Guadalajara, Mexico, has been sentenced for attempting to smuggle multiple firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition on a vehicle roof rack, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Jose De Jesus Pena Dieguez?

HOUSTON ? A 32-year-old man has been sentenced for Hobbs Act robbery and related firearms charges, announced U.S. Attorney Alamdar S. Hamdani.

Deonta Rashawn Brown pleaded guilty March 7.

U.S. District Judge George C. Hanks has now ordered Brown to serve 162 months in federal?

HOUSTON ? U.S. Attorneys for the Southern, Northern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas announced ?Operation Texas Kill Switch,? a statewide initiative targeting illegal machinegun conversion devices, colloquially known as ?switches.?

At simultaneous press conferences throughout the?