A Homeland Security Task Force announced the outcome of a two-year investigation in Arizona to stop cross-border firearms trafficking, including five indictments and the seizure of guns and ammunition.
The main case involves 21 defendants, including Fernando Daniel Castro, 24, of Phoenix, and alleged co-conspirators. Castro is accused of recruiting and paying others to act as straw purchasers, who go through legal channels to buy guns with the intent to illegally transfer them to someone else.
Several defendants in the case made repeated purchases of multiple firearms at different gun stores in the Valley, according to the indictment…