Texas Man 2nd Arrested in Mexican Firearms Smuggling Scheme

By Rusty Surette, NEWS 9

OKLAHOMA CITY -- Federal authorities have arrested a second person in connection with a gun-smuggling scheme allegedly organized by a former Oklahoma drug agent.

On Tuesday, August 10, Gregorio Martinez Morales, 35, was taken into custody. Agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives (ATF) raided Morales' homes in Lewisville, Texas where they found weapons and cash, according to authorities.

According to published reports in Dallas, neighbors said Morales was a quiet man who lived in the home with his two children.

Morales, who has a lengthy criminal record in Denton County, Texas, is now in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Haskell, Texas. A spokesman for the ICE office in Dallas said Morales is being held on immigration violation charges and is currently being processed for deportation.

"For privacy reasons we can't release anything more than that, but we can tell you the deportation process could take some time," said ICE spokesman Carl Rusnok.

According to ATF agents, Morales is connected to a gun smuggling scheme orchestrated by former Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics agent Francisco Javier Reyes.

Reyes, 29, is currently under house arrest in Oklahoma City and facing several federal weapons violation charges.

Read the federal complaint against Reyes

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