LAREDO, Tex. (KGNS) - A Mexican national who unlawfully resided in Laredo has been convicted of unlawful possession of a machine gun and drug trafficking.

The jury deliberated for two hours and 30 minutes before returning guilty verdicts on all 12 counts against 32-year-old Carlos Alberto Garcia-Guajardo following a less than three-day trial.

The jury heard that Garcia-Guajardo and 33-year-old Fernando Patino Jr., also an illegal immigrant, sold firearms and cocaine out of a residential home in Laredo. The firearms included several machine guns.,

Testimony revealed details of the undercover operation, which began with the sale of a pistol. At that time, Garcia-Guajardo had indicated he and Patino could also offer drugs for sale.

On January 2, Patino and Garcia-Guajardo sold the first o

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