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A Deming teenager, Gerald Anthony Lopez, faces federal charges for selling cocaine and an illegally modified automatic firearm to an undercover officer.

Lopez also faces charges for fleeing a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint at high speed after initially consenting to a vehicle search.

He faces up to 25 years in prison for the firearms charges and up to five years for fleeing the checkpoint.

The case highlights the increasing concern over Machine Gun Conversion Devices (MCDs), which can convert semi-automatic firearms into automatic weapons.

Deming teenager Gerald Anthony Lopez is facing federal charges in two separate cases after allegedly selling cocaine and a modified firearm capable of automatic fire to an undercover officer and later fleeing from a U.S. Border Pa

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