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San Diego Man, Part Of Arizona Border Group, Gets Prison For Firearms Charges

This undated image provided by Tucson Sector Border Patrol shows the desert terrain close to Arizona's boundary with Mexico near Lukeville, Ariz.
Tucson Sector Border Patrol via AP
This undated image provided by Tucson Sector Border Patrol shows the desert terrain close to Arizona's boundary with Mexico near Lukeville, Ariz.

A man who was briefly part of an armed border group in Arizona has been sentenced to more than six years in federal prison on firearms charges.

Prosecutors say Joshua Pratchard received a 75-month prison term Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Tucson.

The Arizona Daily Star reports Pratchard drove from California in January 2018 to work with an armed group that patrols the U.S.-Mexico border near Arivaca for illegal border crossings.

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He was kicked out of Arizona Border Recon after a few days for allegedly wanting to physically detain migrants, confront drug bandits and use a silencer on his weapon.

Federal authorities investigated Pratchard and reported finding pieces of equipment used to build firearms and enough gunpowder to make about 9,000 rounds of ammunition in his San Diego home.