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      <pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2024 23:21:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Ringleader Sentenced for Illegal Purchases of Firearms Trafficked to Mexico</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.atf.gov/news/press-releases/ringleader-sentenced-illegal-purchases-firearms-trafficked-mexico"&gt;Ringleader Sentenced for Illegal Purchases of Firearms Trafficked to Mexico | ATF&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.atfcitizensacademy.com/news/13360553</link>
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      <dc:creator>Stacy LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2021 21:54:05 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>A look inside ATF training on use of force, virtually simulating real-life police situations</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms &amp;amp; Explosives is showing what police and federal agents encounter in dangerous and stressful situations, in times when decisions have to be made in a split second.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Read more &lt;a href="https://www.wxyz.com/news/a-look-inside-atf-training-on-use-of-force-virtually-simulating-real-life-police-situations" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.atfcitizensacademy.com/news/10691465</link>
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      <dc:creator>Stacy LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Mar 2021 20:54:31 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Help for K-9 Heroes: Support in Spirit and Service</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.atfcitizensacademy.com/resources/Documents/TAMU%20CVMBS%20Today%20Spring%202021.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;TAMU CVMBS Today Spring 2021.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.atfcitizensacademy.com/news/10200218</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2021 20:26:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Houston Man Gets Lengthy Sentence for 2019 Carjacking and Robbery</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#000000" face="Work Sans, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif" style="font-size: 13px;"&gt;A 24-year-old Houston resident&lt;/font&gt; &lt;font style="font-family: &amp;quot;Work Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;has been ordered to federal prison for 24 years, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Jennifer B. Lowery.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span&gt;Jonathan Soto pleaded guilty Dec. 2, 2020, to aiding and abetting carjacking and two counts of discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 13px; font-family: &amp;quot;Work Sans&amp;quot;, Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"&gt;Read more &lt;a href="https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/houston-man-gets-lengthy-sentence-2019-carjacking-and-robbery" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.atfcitizensacademy.com/news/10183230</link>
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      <dc:creator>Stacy LeBlanc</dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jan 2020 05:33:06 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Meth Lab, False Statements and Illegal Re-Entry Indictments Returned</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font color="#171E24" face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;LAREDO, Texas – A Laredo federal grand jury has returned several unrelated &amp;nbsp;indictments, four of which involved a methamphetamine conversion lab, illegal firearms purchases and two habitual illegal aliens, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(23, 30, 36);"&gt;&lt;font face="Georgia" style="font-size: 14px;"&gt;Read More &lt;a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/meth-lab-false-statements-and-illegal-re-entry-indictments-returned" target="_blank"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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      <link>https://www.atfcitizensacademy.com/news/8577175</link>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 12 Sep 2019 20:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <title>Local Man Convicted of Possessing Kush</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#171E24" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;HOUSTON – A 53-year-old Houston man has admitted he possessed 2.57 lbs of synthetic cannabinoids aka “kush” and to being a felon in possession of a firearm, announced U.S. Attorney Ryan K. Patrick.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;&lt;font style="font-size: 14px;" color="#171E24" face="Georgia, Times New Roman, Times, serif"&gt;Read more &lt;a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdtx/pr/local-man-convicted-possessing-kush" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>https://www.atfcitizensacademy.com/news/7878114</link>
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