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Former border patrol agent sold guns illegally, feds say

A section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence looking North into the United States is seen between Yuma and San Luis Arizona Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2010. The fence was designed to allow border patrol agents to see through the fence. (Kevin Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
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The Associated Press
November 18, 2018 - 11:25 am
 

TUCSON, Ariz. — A former U.S. border patrol agent is facing charges for allegedly selling hundreds of firearms without a license.

The Arizona Daily Star reports Laurence Myers was recently indicted for engaging in the business of dealing firearms without a license after federal authorities seized more than 200 firearms from his home.

Court records show suspicious deposits at a Tucson bank led federal investigators to the Rio Rico home of the 54-year-old Myers and $300,000 in illegal gun sales.

Authorities say Myers joined the Border Patrol in 1988 and at the time of the sales was a supervisory agent in Nogales.

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson Sector says Myers is no longer employed at the agency.

Defense lawyer Jean-Jacques Cabou declined to comment on the case.

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