Undercover Miami sting leads feds to bust operation smuggling guns to Brazil, prosecutors say

MIAMI – A sting by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in Miami led agents to bust a conspiracy to smuggle guns to Brazil, according to federal court documents.

Alvaro Teixeira, 49, is now facing two federal charges.

According to a federal criminal complaint filed Friday in Miami federal court, Teixeira first contacted a confidential source online and asked him about smuggling weapons out of the country…

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