A former state narcotics agent was arraigned in Oklahoma City federal court Tuesday in connection with a gunrunning scheme that led to the trafficking of firearms to Mexico, according to court records.

Court papers allege that Francisco Javier Reyes, 29, of Oklahoma City, recruited two friends — one of whom is now dead — to buy firearms for him. Those guns later were transported south toward Mexico where federal authorities believe they were to be delivered.

Reyes was an agent with the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control. He is charged with two felony gun trafficking charges, which allege he used a false name to acquire firearms, and a third felony gun trafficking charge, saying he knowingly and illegally sold firearms to an unlicensed dealer.

Reyes, who has resigned from the bureau, and his attorney quickly left the courthouse without commenting on the case.