A Florida man was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison for smuggling firearms from the United States to the Dominican Republic.
According to the Department of Justice (DOJ), Elieser Sori-Rodriguez, 51, of Pompano Beach, conspired to purchase firearms by making a false statement and smuggling them out of the United States by directing co-conspirators to purchase firearms on his behalf, hiding the firearms inside boxes marked as household goods, and sending the firearms to the Dominican Republic using a freight shipping service.
Co-defendants John Thomas Neal, Shane Sepersaude, and William Ilijic assisted Sori-Rodriguez in the conspiracy.
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On Nov. 30, Sori-Rodriguez pled guilty to conspiracy to purchase firearms by means of false statement, three counts of purchase of firearms by means of false statement, smuggling firearms from the United States, and delivery of a firearm to a common carrier without written notification.
Neal, Sepersaude, and Ilijic previously pled guilty to purchasing a firearm by means of a false statement and were sentenced.
HSI Fort Pierce and ATF investigated this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Christopher Hudock prosecuted the case.
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