In a troubling incident highlighting ongoing border and immigration concerns, two Mexican nationals are now facing federal charges after authorities discovered a staggering cache of ammunition during a routine traffic stop in Colorado.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Fremont County, Colorado deputies stopped a vehicle in Cañon City on March 26 and, upon searching it, “ended up finding around 150 boxes of .308 ammunition and another 30 boxes of 7.62 ammunition.” Alarmingly, “each box was labeled as containing 1,000 rounds of ammo,” suggesting the men were transporting roughly 180,000 rounds total.
The suspects, identified as 41-year-old Caesar Ramon Martinez Solis and 24-year-old Humberto Ivan Amador Gavira, are both Mexican nationals. Authorities confirmed that “both have been charged with unlawful possession of ammunition by an alien admitted under a nonimmigrant visa,” making it clear that these individuals were in the U.S. under questionable circumstances.
Federal officials stated that the arrests are part of Operation Take Back America, an initiative aimed at cracking down on illegal weapons trafficking and other threats to national security.
This case raises serious concerns about the enforcement of immigration laws and the ease with which noncitizens can allegedly smuggle such vast quantities of ammunition into the country.
A 26-year-old illegal alien from Guatemala has also been indicted for allegedly smuggling a teenage girl into the United States and fraudulently claiming to be her brother, highlighting yet another alarming consequence of President Joe Biden’s lax border policies.
The Department of Justice announced on Friday that Juan Tiul Xi, who illegally entered the U.S. in 2023 and resides in Cleveland, is facing multiple federal charges, including encouraging or inducing illegal entry for financial gain, making false statements to a federal agency, and aggravated identity theft.
Prosecutors say Tiul Xi not only facilitated the girl’s unlawful entry but coached her to use a fake identity—specifically, that of his own sister—to deceive immigration authorities. Once she was placed in the custody of the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), Tiul Xi submitted a sponsorship application riddled with false information in order to gain custody of the minor.
