Biography
Carlos Gamarra-Murillo, age 54, U.S. citizen, worked as a weapons broker for FARC and was caught in an Immigration and Customs Enforcement sting in 2005. He had attempted to trade 4,400 pounds of cocaine for M-60 machine guns, grenade launchers, M-16 rifles, and other weapons in a $4 million deal with undercover agents in Tampa, Florida. Pleaded guilty in 2005; 300 months federal prison plus 3 years supervised release.
The Bureau of Prisons records his release from FCI La Tuna on July 18, 2025.
Official conviction-date reference
The November 16, 2005 Federal Register notice, Public Notice 5228, pages 69620–69621 lists Carlos Gamarra-Murillo's Arms Export Control Act conviction as August 9, 2005 in the Middle District of Florida, case 8:04-CR-349-T-27EAJ. This supplies a dated official conviction reference, not an independently verified sentencing, prison admission or release day. The three-year statutory export debarment discussed in the notice is a licensing restriction, not three additional years in prison. The existing custody endpoints and sentence remain unchanged.
