18-04-2025
Mexican nationals found with 180,000 rounds of ammo
FREEMONT, Colo. (KSNW) – Federal charges have been filed against two men from Mexico who were found with 180,000 rounds of ammunition.
Our sister station, Fox 21 in Colorado Springs, reports that Caesar Ramon Martinez Solis, 41, and Humberto Ivan Amador Gavira, 24, have been indicted in federal court on charges of unlawful possession of ammunition by alien admitted under a nonimmigrant visa. The men were arrested on March 26 following a traffic stop in Canon City, located about 30 miles southwest of Colorado Springs.
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The U.S. Attorney's Office for Colorado says after the men consented to a search of the van they were driving, Detectives found approximately 150 boxes of .308 ammunition, and approximately 30 boxes of 7.62 ammunition, each holding 1,000 rounds. .308 and 7.62mm ammo can be used in rifles.
Rifles that take .308 ammunition can fire 7.62mm rounds as well, but rifles that shoot 7.62mm rounds can only fire that size of round. While both rounds are very similar in size, the .308 has slightly thinner brass than the 7.62mm and is packed under higher pressure. While both rounds can be used for hunting, they are also used for police and military rifles and machine guns.
The case is being investigated by the Denver Field Office of Homeland Security Investigations and the Fremont County Sheriff's Office, with assistance from the Denver Field Office of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives. The Violent Crime and Immigration Enforcement Section of the United States Attorney's Office is prosecuting the case.
The arrests are part of the Department of Justice's Operation: Take Back America.
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