DEMING, N.M. (KRQE) – A 19-year-old man from Deming is facing federal charges after two separate incidents, one of which involved allegedly selling cocaine and a modified gun capable of automatic fire to an undercover officer, and the other in which he reportedly fled from a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint.

The first incident started on Feb. 11 when an undercover agent purchased cocaine from Gerald Anthony Lopez. During the transaction, Lopez allegedly displayed a gun equipped with an extended magazine and a switch that would make the gun capable of automatic fire.

Lopez offered to sell it for $1,300 with the switch or $1,000 without. He also claimed he could supply additional weapons, conversion devices, and narcotics, according to the Department of Justice

On Feb. 20, Lopez met with the

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