Cleveland men arrested after selling undercover agents posing as Mexican cartel nearly 100 firearms
By Maddi Hebebrand
Published: Mar. 14, 2023 at 4:05 PM CDT|Updated: 4 hours ago
CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - Two Cleveland men were arrested earlier this month after selling nearly 100 firearms to agents undercover as members of the Mexican cartel.
According to a release from the Department of Justice (DOJ), Yuendry Rodrigues Hilario, 28, and Saleh Yusuf Saleh, 24, both of Cleveland, were arrested on March 2 after an almost two-year-long investigation.
Since 2021, undercover agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) have been posing as Mexican cartel members, being introduced to Rodriguez Hilario as a trafficker of firearms being smuggled into Mexico.
Rodriguez Hilario and others discussed buying AR-15s and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
The DOJ said one of the co-conspirators mentioned he sold AR-15s and AK-47s to El Salvadorans and had cocaine available for distribution.
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