Omaha 20-year-old Sentenced for Selling Firearms to a Felon

United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Erixon O. Menjivar-Alfaro, 20, of Omaha, Nebraska, was sentenced on June 25, 2025, in federal court in Omaha for selling firearms to a felon.  United States District Judge Brian C. Buescher sentenced Menjivar-Alfaro to 51 months’ imprisonment. There is no parole in the federal system. After Menjivar-Alfaro’s release from prison, he will begin a 3-year term of supervised release.

Between April 11, 2023 and October 3, 2023, Mejivar-Alfaro sold four firearms to a confidential source working for the Omaha Police Department. Menjivar-Alfaro knew the confidential source to be a convicted felon. All firearm sales occurred in Menjivar-Alfaro’s vehicle.

On three occasions, Menjivar-Alfaro met with the confidential source at a Walmart parking lot near 50th and L streets in Omaha. On April 11, 2023, Menjivar-Alfaro sold the confidential source a Mack-11 pistol; on May 17, 2023; Mejivar-Alfaro sold the confidential source a Glock 43 handgun; and on September 7, 2023, Menjivar-Alfaro sold the confidential source a Glock-style Polymer80 9mm handgun with a high-capacity magazine On October 3, 2023, Menjivar-Alfaro sold the confidential source a Mini Draco 7.62x39 caliber AK-47-style pistol with a high-capacity magazine and ammunition outside of a residence near 20th and A streets.

This case is part of Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN), a program bringing together all levels of law enforcement and the communities they serve to reduce violent crime and gun violence, and to make our neighborhoods safer for everyone. On May 26, 2021, the department launched a violent crime reduction strategy strengthening PSN based on these core principles: fostering trust and legitimacy in our communities, supporting community-based organizations that help prevent violence from occurring in the first place, setting focused and strategic enforcement priorities, and measuring the results.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives and Omaha Police Department.