CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Chicago police officer is accused of using his position to help buy and smuggle guns.

The officer is accused of buying guns in Monee and Dyer, Indiana on behalf of another man, who allegedly then smuggled them into Mexico, federal officials said.

An indictment names Chicago Police Officer Kevin Rodriguez and an accomplice Diego Valdez, charging the duo for conspiring to unlawfully purchase firearms that were ultimately smuggled into Mexico.

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A nine-page federal indictment unsealed Tuesday in federal court accuses Rodriguez of using his position as a Chicago police officer to purchase an AR-15 style assault rifle in Dyer, Indiana and a handgun in Monee, Illinois.

Prosecutors allege Rodriguez lied on federal pape

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