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A Painesville man was ordered deported Friday for selling firearms to undocumented immigrants.

(Eric Heisig/cleveland.com)

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A federal judge on Friday ordered a Painesville man to be deported for buying firearms at gun shows and selling them to undocumented immigrants.

Eli Padilla Moreno, who has been in jail since September, will first serve a 10-month prison sentence.

Speaking through a translator and with his loved ones watching, Padilla Moreno apologized to U.S. District Judge James Gwin "for wasting his time." He said the case has made him think about his family and how this affected them.

The 33-year-old sold a Bushmaster assault rifle to an informant working for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a criminal affidavit filed in September. During the sale, which was caught on video, Padilla Moreno also offered to sell the informant a machine gun.

After his arrest, Padilla Moreno confessed his scheme to agents. He pleaded guilty in September to two counts of possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, one for the assault rifle and one for a pistol.

The U.S. Attorney's Office said that Padilla Moreno handled up to seven guns as part of the case. Gwin, in sentencing Moreno, said that it was clear that this was "somewhat of an ongoing scheme" and that there were likely more guns at play. He said there was also evidence that Padilla Moreno was also taking guns to Mexico.

Padilla Moreno, a citizen of Mexico, obtained a nonimmigrant visa in May 2009. The visa is part of a program that allows U.S. employers to bring in foreign workers for a short time. The temporary visa expired in November of that year, and Padilla Moreno did not file to renew it, according to court filings.

Agents also said that he posted pictures of weapons on his Facebook page. In one photo, he posted two gold handgun grips with the names "Eli" and "Padilla" on them.

Gwin said the scheme was "not particularly well-hidden" because of his boastful social media pictures.

All federally licensed firearms dealers are required to ask for identification and perform a background check before selling a firearm to an individual. However, there is no law in Ohio that requires non-licensed firearm sellers who sell weapons at gun shows to check a buyer's background.

It is illegal to sell a firearm to a non-Ohio resident or to an undocumented immigrant.