CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A 20-year-old Honduran national living illegally in Corpus Christi has been convicted of unlawfully possessing a firearm, U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei announced.
Josias Eliseo Ulloa-Pavon was driving under the influence of alcohol before crashing his vehicle on February 18.
When authorities arrived at the scene, they found Ulloa-Pavon pinned inside his fully overturned vehicle with no other cars in the vicinity. Officers noted he had red bloodshot eyes, a strong odor of alcohol, and appeared unsteady on his feet, swaying as he stood.
After removing him from the vehicle and placing him under arrest, a search revealed a magazine containing six rounds of ammunition in his pocket.
Ulloa-Pavon admitted he had a Bersa Model Thunder .380 caliber pistol in his car, which law enforcement located and seized.
During a previous interaction with law enforcement, Ulloa-Pavon had admitted to being from Honduras and not lawfully in the United States.
U.S. District Judge David Morales will impose sentencing on August 27. Ulloa-Pavon faces up to 15 years in federal prison and a possible $250,000 maximum fine.
He remains in custody pending sentencing.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives along with Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Enforcement and Removal Operations and the Corpus Christi Police Department conducted the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Zachary Bird prosecuted the case.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to address illegal immigration, target cartels and transnational criminal organizations, and protect communities from violent crime.
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