Inmate Sentenced to 25 years for Operating State Prison Gun Trafficking Ring
· Texas Border Business
Shawn Bisnauth, a 38-year-old from Rock Hill, South Carolina, has been sentenced to 25 years in federal prison for orchestrating a gun trafficking operation while incarcerated. He pleaded guilty to conspiring to make illegal 'straw purchases' of firearms intended for cartel members. From 2022 to 2024, Bisnauth directed this operation using a contraband cell phone from prison, facilitating the purchase of at least eight firearms, including high-caliber rifles. His actions contributed to the distribution of meth, cocaine, and fentanyl in the U.S. The sentence will run consecutively with his existing state prison term.
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