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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A man from El Salvador has pleaded guilty to a firearm charge in Pensacola.
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According to a news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Northern District of Florida, Juan De La Cruz Mejia Castro, 33, pleaded guilty to possessing a firearm as an alien unlawfully in the United States.
Mejia Castro told officials he was in his truck drinking alcohol when he fired shots from his 9-millimeter pistol to scare away what he thought was an animal in his yard…