Two sentenced for role in Fast and Furious smuggling operation

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Two sentenced for role in Fast and Furious smuggling operation

 

By Justin Sink - 11/27/12 01:15 PM ET

 

Two defendants involved in the Fast and Furious gunrunning operation were sentenced Monday for their involvement in the controversial arms smuggling scheme.

 

The Justice Department charged Jacob Anthony Montelongo and Sean Christopher Steward with illegally purchasing guns for traffickers, who brought the weapons across the border to Mexico.

 

Montelongo was sentenced to more than three years in prison after pleading guilty to charges of conspiracy and dealing guns without a license, according to the Associated Press. Steward received a nine-year sentence for conspiracy and lying to authorities.