 | The son of the former head of the Gulf cartel has pleaded guilty to weapons charges in Texas.
Osiel Cardenas Jr., 30, attempted to purchase five Bushmaster XM15-E2S rifles and five Zastava M90 rifles for export to Mexico.
Undercover federal agents arrested him in the parking lot of a gun store on April 22, 2021, in Brownsville, Texas. Cardenas Jr. was on supervised release for a previous felony at the time.  The Zastava M90 is a Serbian assault rifle. It can fire 650 rounds per minute from a 30 bullet magazine. | |
