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New York.– A New York man who allegedly bought 15 guns in Pennsylvania and shipped them to the Dominican Republic said he was ill the day he was arrested and wants a judge to dismiss his confession, The Morning Call reported.

Federal prosecutors say Victor Peralta readily agreed to confess to his purchases after he was read his rights. They also say that photos Peralta took on his cell phone, released with other court documents on Friday, show the guns and Peralta showing off thousands of dollars in cash.

According to the online newspaper, some of the gun purchases, including handguns and AK-47s, were in Allentown, Tamaqua and Quakertown. Peralta was charged May 5 after federal agents with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were informed he was trying to buy seven guns at a gun shop in Elizabethtown, Lancaster County.

According to a signed confession included in the court documents released Friday, Peralta said he bought 15 guns in eastern Pennsylvania. Some, like the assault rifles, he sent in packaging while others were disassembled and placed in powdered drink containers before he shipped them from New York to someone he knew only as "Yunior" in the Dominican Republic.

Peralta also said he obtained his Pennsylvania identification from a Dominican government official. Once he received word that the guns had arrived, Peralta said, he flew to the Dominican Republic to meet with Yunior, who paid him $1,300 for each handgun and $2,600 for each assault rifle he successfully smuggled.

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12 comment(s)
Written by: BASTA, 4 Sep 2010 10:23 AM
From: Dominican Republic, =Ghetto/Legalize Drugs
here come de revolution
Written by: gmiller261, 4 Sep 2010 11:09 AM
From: United States
Screw you moron.

Off to jail.

Typical Dominican inbred entitlement mentality.

Oh, I was sick that day, I wouldn't be held accountable in the DR if I was there so why would I be held accountable in the US.

Once again, screw you.
Written by: VeronicaDR, 4 Sep 2010 11:18 AM
From: United States
Which official is making these IDs. That is a question we need answered as well. Time for that guy and his buddies to do some serious jail time. They caught the small fish but the real criminals are not even mentioned. This investigation was poorly done probably because the corrupt officials involved cannot be named and will never be prosecuted. A failed state.
Written by: BGFEMA, 4 Sep 2010 11:34 AM
From: United States
Yunior is a name in DR??
Written by: Hispaniola, 4 Sep 2010 2:29 PM
From: United States, NYC
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzwgWDHROlk

Its cominggggggggggggg
Written by: danny00, 4 Sep 2010 3:35 PM
From: United States, syosset, key west, santo domingo AND NOW THE GLOBE TROTTER
i think hes speaking the truth about getting sick that day. WHY DO I BELIEVE THIS.

i also would be very, very, very ill if the feds from Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms got hold of me.....
HOPE HE ENJOYS THE REST OF THIS LIFE.
Written by: Tu_Papa, 4 Sep 2010 3:44 PM
From: United States, Yonkers, New Yorker... Confident Talker!!!
That's frightening. Those are some serious assault rifles. Look at the one at the back of the table that is up-right, still in the packing case. It looks like a weapon only seen in COD Modern Warfare2. Those aren't weapons to protect you and your family from a burglary. Those are weapons to start a WAR. The Dominican military doesn't even have weapons that advanced.

I hear weapons smuggling into Jamaica from Haiti is also getting really bad. The weapon of choice in Jamaica is now the AK-47. With both there borders wide open and neither country patrolling the waters, its a easy transaction via speedboat.

It's like going back in time 200yrs when the pirates ruled the sea. Pirates of the Caribbean still exist after all these years.
Written by: El_Platano, 4 Sep 2010 10:01 PM
From: United States, Yonkers, NY
The cops should kick his ass again and once more for good measure.
Written by: anthonyC, 4 Sep 2010 10:21 PM
From: United States


Semi-auto rifles that are made to look mean. Liberals are such pussies.
Written by: CarlosFranco, 5 Sep 2010 2:28 AM
From: United States, Brooklyn

I think i know this guy!


I met a romanian by birth dominican citizen (naturalized under Hipolito) in rio de Janeiro and he told me that he smuggled guns and was cool with hippo. He and and his father smuggled guns to Croatian back in the balkans wars from the DR... He was very pleased with his record and surprised by our presence in Rio!


Written by: getthesystemgoing, 5 Sep 2010 6:37 AM
From: Spain
The place will be like mexico shortly, as this is only a decoy ,we will see a huge increse in crime ,the idea is unstabilise the control of the police and lose the total control they need to act quickly and squash this really quikly ,Rd is no able to control this,as well as massive corruption the mafia types will get control nearly had it before Leonel thanks be to god he was elected,
Written by: eimyisabel, 5 Sep 2010 12:04 PM
From: United States, California
Uhh I bet junior s gonna be madddd and this one here wont have the parrot as a witness . SCREWWW
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