# 2025-09170: Texas Smuggler Banned: No Exports for Ammo Runner to Mexico

2025-09170, Order Denying Export Privileges; Arlando Torres, 304 7th Street, Hico, TX 76457, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, Industry and Security Bureau published 2025-05-22, effective 2025-05-22; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09170
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-09170
- Title: Order Denying Export Privileges; Arlando Torres, 304 7th Street, Hico, TX 76457
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; Industry and Security Bureau
- Citation: 90 FR 21887
- Published: 2025-05-22
- Effective: 2025-05-22
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Texas Smuggler Banned: No Exports for Ammo Runner to Mexico

## Summary

Arlando Torres from Hico, TX, got caught smuggling thousands of rounds of ammo from the U.S. to Mexico and was sentenced to 41 months in prison. Because of this, his export privileges are denied for 10 years starting from his conviction date, and any export licenses he had are revoked. This means Torres can’t legally export anything during this time, and the government is serious about keeping trade safe and legal.

## Effects PRIA read

- 10‑Year Export Ban for Arlando Torres: cost, high. Arlando Torres was denied all U.S. export privileges for a 10‑year period, from his conviction date (March 1, 2023) until March 1, 2033. The Order bars him from applying for, obtaining, or using any export license or participating in transactions involving items subject to the Export Administration…
- Revocation of BIS Licenses Held by Torres: cost, high. Any Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) licenses or authorizations in which Torres had an interest at the time of his conviction are revoked. That revocation is effective as part of the denial order tied to his conviction.
- Ban on Others Exporting To/For Torres: cost, medium. From the date of the Order until March 1, 2033, no person may export, reexport, transfer, finance, facilitate acquisition for, obtain from, or service any item subject to the Regulations to or for Arlando Torres. The prohibition covers actions such as exporting, reexporting, transfers in‑country, f…
- Order Can Extend to Related Entities to Prevent Evasion: cost, medium. The Order states that other persons, firms, corporations, or business organizations related to Torres by ownership, control, position of responsibility, affiliation, or other connection may also be made subject to the Order to prevent evasion. This lets BIS cover related entities if needed to stop…

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## Sources
- [2025-09170 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/05/22/2025-09170/order-denying-export-privileges-arlando-torres-304-7th-street-hico-tx-76457)
- [2025-09170 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-05-22/pdf/2025-09170.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-09170 (as of 2026-06-08).