A Texas man has pleaded guilty to smuggling a firearm that authorities linked to the deadly kidnapping of four U.S. citizens near the border in Mexico.
at the time. Two of the Americans were killed, and the other two were found days later in Mexico.
Five alleged members of a powerful Mexican cartel were charged with aggravated kidnapping and murder a day after the Gulf Cartel allegedly took responsibility for the kidnapping. The five men were found tied up near a pickup truck, and a handwritten note, purportedly written by members of the cartel, was found placed on the truck's windshield.
In this March 7, 2023, file photo, a Red Cross worker closes the door of an ambulance carrying two Americans found alive after their abduction in Mexico last week, in Matamoros, Mexico."We have decided to deliver those involved and directly responsible," the note said, presumably referring to the five men found tied up at the scene.
Moreno is expected to be sentenced in August. He faces up to 10 years in federal prison and the potential for $250,000 in fines. The public defenders' office handling Moreno's case did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News.In this March 7, 2023, file photo, a storage shed is shown behind a police cordon, at the scene where authorities found the bodies of two of four Americans kidnapped by gunmen, in Matamoros, Mexico.
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