Luiz Carlos da Silva, Machine Gun Parts Trafficking, Arizona 2023

State: Texas
Category: Violent Crime
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Federal Judge Hands Down 18-Month Sentence to Iron Youth Member

A federal judge in San Antonio has sentenced 19-year-old Caleb Nathaniel Oliver to 18 months imprisonment for unlawfully possessing a machine gun. In addition to the prison term, U.S. District Judge David A. Ezra ordered that Oliver be placed on supervised release for a period of three years after completing his prison term.

Oliver, a member of the racially motivated violent extremist group known as Iron Youth, pleaded guilty to the charge on March 18, 2021. According to court documents, Oliver admitted to purchasing a fully automatic machine gun from an undercover officer for $1,000 on February 5, 2021.

Oliver’s guilty plea comes after he had several meetings with undercover officers to discuss the purchase of the machine gun. The FBI conducted this investigation with assistance from the Wilson County Sheriff’s Office, Gonzales County Sheriff’s Office and Texas Rangers.

U.S. Attorney Ashley C. Hoff praised the collective efforts of law enforcement partners in rooting out violent extremism and keeping the public safe from harm. ‘The U.S. Attorney’s Office will continue to dedicate resources to the pursuit of those individuals who violate federal law by illegally possessing firearms,’ Hoff said.

Special Agent in Charge Christopher Combs, FBI San Antonio Division, also commended the teamwork of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and local law enforcement partners. ‘Without the teamwork of the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force and our local and state law enforcement partners in arresting this subject, we may have had yet another event of mass violence,’ Combs said.

The case falls within the purview of the Attorney General’s Task Force to Combat Violent Anti-Government Extremism, launched in June 2020. Assistant U.S. Attorneys William R. Harris and Mark Roomberg prosecuted this case.