By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
A former supervisory special agent for the DEA in Nogales, Ariz., faces up to five years in prison for illegally selling firearms, including to suspected drug traffickers.
Joseph Gill pleaded guilty Tuesday to illegally selling firearms, including two rifles to men “he had reason to believe intended to use or dispose of the firearms unlawfully, Tucson News Now reports.
Gill, who sold the guns without a Federal Firearms License, is scheduled to be sentenced on Nov. 26.
According to the Justice Department, Gill purchased firearms from licensed dealers and sold them online.
Investigators said Gill sold two Colt rifles in June 2016 to suspected drug dealers, according to an ATF investigation. Authorities said one rifle was smuggled into Mexico and another was seized at a port of authority.
Gill resigned from the DEA on June 30.
