Mexican nationals arrested while transporting 180,000 rounds of ammunition from Utah to Colorado
Two Mexican nationals in the U S on nonimmigrant visas were arrested during a traffic stop in Colorado last month while transporting rounds of ammunition executives reported Wednesday Caesar Ramon Martinez Solis and Humberto Ivan Amador Gavira both of Mexico were pulled over in Canon City on March the U S Attorney s Office District of Colorado revealed in a news release Two Fremont County detectives had spotted a white Chevrolet van passing them without dimming its headlights in violation of state law according to an arrest affidavit obtained by the Canon City Daily Record The detectives revealed the van also failed to signal when turning into a gas station and had a defective license plate lamp During the traffic stop the detectives discovered approximately boxes of ammunition and approximately boxes of ammunition representatives explained Each box was labeled as containing rounds ICE ARRESTS OVER ILLEGAL ALIENS IN NEW YORK CITY'S THE BULK CRIME-INFESTED NEIGHBORHOODS Martinez Solis agreed to speak with U S Department of Homeland Safety special agents and waive his right to an attorney according to the affidavit Martinez Solis reported personnel that he and Amador Garcia whom he claimed was his brother-in-law had traveled from Mexico to Denver a day earlier to purchase a bicycle before driving to Salt Lake City to look at another motorcycle he was interested in buying In Salt Lake City the men stopped at a firearms and ammunition store where Amador Garcia bought the ammunition according to the affidavit Martinez Solis further explained that he did not know the intent with the ammunition but that he maintained it was destined for Pueblo the affidavit stated Pueblo is a city in Colorado located about miles south of Denver ALLEGED TRE DE ARAGUA GANG MEMBERS CHARGED IN RETAIL THEFTS INCLUDING SEEN SOBBING IN POLICE INTERVIEWMartinez Solis added that the intended destination was on Amador Garcia s phone according to the affidavit Government did not specify the destination Martinez Solis and Amador Garcia were both charged with Unlawful Possession of Ammunition by Alien Admitted Under a Nonimmigrant Visa The Denver Field Office of Homeland Defense Investigations and the Fremont County Sheriff s Office are researching the matter with help from the Denver Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Bureaucrats reported the situation is part of Operation Take Back America a federal initiative designed to repel the invasion of illegal immigration achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations
