Salvador Lopez was sentenced to 121 months in prison for operating an unlicensed firearm dealing business and planning the robbery of a federal informant.
Salvador Lopez of Whittier was sentenced to more than 10 years in federal prison after the Department of Justice says he ran an illegal firearms dealing business and planned the robbery of a federal informant. A 24-year-old Whittier man was sentenced to 121 months – over 10 years– in federal prison on Monday, Jan.
6 for “operating an unlicensed firearm dealing business” that sold ghost guns and planning the robbery of a confidential informant after agreeing to sell firearms to the informant, according to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).More than 50 shell casings left behind after drive-by shooting in East Bay Salvador Lopez pleaded guilty to dealing firearms without a license and armed robbery of money while using a dangerous weapon in October 2024. Despite not having a federal firearm license, Lopez sold or helped sell 15 firearms to law enforcement agents and individuals working for law enforcement, according to a DOJ news release. “Selling firearms illegally and putting more untraceable weapons into the community shows a blatant disregard for the law and puts the safety of our citizens at great risk,” said the U.S. Attorney in Los Angeles, Martin Estrada, in the release. “This defendant’s lengthy sentence should serve as a warning to others that law enforcement will act decisively to prevent violent gun crime.” Lopez arranged a firearm sale to a confidential federal informant, then messaged a minor, instructing the minor to rob the informant at gunpoint, not to complete the sale. Along with accomplices, the minor robbed the informant of $5,000, the informant’s personal cellphone and vehicle. Lopez got part of the proceeds from this robbery, the DOJ sai
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