Aguilar Victor Alfonso Apodaca, Alien in Possession of a Firearm, Arizona 2023

Three Men Sentenced in Phoenix for Gun Possession

PHOENIX, Ariz. – In a recent crackdown on gun crime, three men were sentenced for illegally possessing firearms in Phoenix. Victor Alfonso Apodaca Aguilar, 22, of Mexico, was sentenced to 12 months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release on November 20, 2023.

Aguilar’s co-defendants, Jose Bernardo Vega-Ruiz, 27, and Hector Alvarado-Aboyte, 29, were each sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for their roles in the crime. All three men, undocumented non-citizens from Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, pleaded guilty to Alien in Possession of a Firearm.

On March 9, 2023, the three men were living at a house in Phoenix where a federal search warrant was executed. Five firearms, including a “ghost gun”, were located at the residence. This led to the investigation and subsequent sentencing of the three men.

Customs and Border Protection’s United States Border Patrol, with the assistance of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, conducted the investigation in this case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lisa E. Jennis handled the prosecution.

The case number for this incident is CR-23-510-PHX-DLR, and the release number is 2023-201_Aguilar. For more information on the U.S. Attorney’s Office, District of Arizona, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/az/.

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