Foreign National Pleads Guilty To Illegally Possessing A Firearm

MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma announced that Salvador Diaz-Hermosillo, age 38, entered a guilty plea to one count of Illegal Alien in Possession of a Firearm.

The Indictment charged Diaz-Hermosillo, an alien illegally and unlawfully in the United States, and who knew of his status, with knowingly possessing a .22 caliber semi-automatic rifle. According to investigators, Diaz-Hermosillo was found in possession of the firearm during the course of being investigated and arrested by the Sallisaw Police Department for Driving Under the Influence.

Illegal aliens are prohibited from possessing firearms or ammunition pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 922(g)(5).

The charge arose from an investigation by the Homeland Security Investigations of the United States Department of Homeland Security, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, and the Sallisaw Police Department.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, accepted the plea and ordered the completion of a presentence investigation report.  Diaz-Hermosillo will remain in the custody of the United States Marshals Service pending sentencing.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dak T. Cohen represented the United States.