EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A Deming, New Mexico, teenager is facing federal charges after allegedly selling cocaine and a modified firearm capable of automatic fire to an undercover officer and later fleeing from a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint at high speed.

On Feb. 11, Gerald Anthony Lopez, 19, allegedly offered to sell an undetermined amount of cocaine to the officer and displayed a firearm with an extended magazine and a machine gun conversion device (MCD).

Lopez offered to sell the firearm for $1,300 with the MCD switch or $1,000 without; he also offered to supply additional firearms, conversion devices and narcotics, according to court documents filed by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of New Mexico.

The sale was completed on Feb. 20 and included cocaine and the

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