Joshua Eduardo Hurtado, Felon in Possession of Firearms, Virginia 2024

A 25-year-old felon from Virginia has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for being in possession of two pistols in the nation’s capital, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.

Josha Eduardo Hurtado, also known as ‘Migo,’ pleaded guilty on October 10, 2024, to being a felon in unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition while on supervised release following a previous federal firearms conviction.

The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro, Special Agent in Charge William McCool of the U.S. Secret Service Washington Field Office, and Chief Pamela Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department.

Hurtado, of Woodbridge, Virginia, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for being a felon in unlawful possession of a pistol and ammunition.

According to court documents, on November 6, 2022, about 2:40 a.m., MPD officers responded to the intersection of 1700 Rhode Island Avenue and Saint Matthews Court NW, to assist United States Secret Service officers with a firearm recovery.

The Secret Service officers spotted a black firearm with an extended magazine in plain view, sticking out of the rear pocket of the front passenger seat in a parked and unoccupied Chevrolet Suburban.

About 30 minutes later, officers made contact with the driver of the Suburban. The driver stated that he was a rideshare operator and that the items were left in the SUV by a passenger he knew only as ‘Migo.’

The driver consented to a search of the Suburban. Officers recovered two firearms from the pocket behind the front passenger seat – a Glock 23, .40 caliber pistol loaded with 22-rounds; and a Glock 19 pistol loaded with 17-rounds. Migo was identified as Joshua Hurtado. An FBI forensics DNA test linked the Glock 23 to Hurtado.

At the time of the offense, Hurtado knew he previously had been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a term exceeding one year in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia for possession of two firearms in his apartment in Woodbridge, Virginia.

That previous conviction stemmed from an incident in November 2020. Alexandria Police Department officers found the victim of a homicide inside a vehicle registered to the Hurtado’s father. The decedent’s cellphone contained conversations indicating that Hurtado was involved in narcotics trafficking.

Hurtado was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a pistol and ammunition, and will serve three years of supervised release.