{"id":149229,"date":"2025-08-16T01:03:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/149229\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T01:03:14","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T01:03:14","slug":"ice-hsi-arrest-man-for-trafficking-firearms-to-mexico-affidavit-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/149229\/","title":{"rendered":"ICE, HSI arrest man for trafficking firearms to Mexico, affidavit says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><strong>SAN ANTONIO<\/strong> \u2013 A man was arrested earlier this week by immigration officers after selling firearms intended to be sold in Mexico, according to an arrest affidavit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents arrested Heriberto Monsivais Lopez, also known as Erik Lopez, after he allegedly attempted to sell firearms intended for trafficking to Mexico, along with what authorities believe was cocaine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">ICE, Homeland Security Investigations, the Texas Department of Public Safety and U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations conducted the arrest of Lopez, a Mexican citizen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">On Aug. 13, law enforcement officers conducted surveillance at a home in the 800 block of Drury Lane, where Lopez was seen selling two firearms and 28.93 grams of what authorities believe was cocaine, the affidavit states.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The firearms seized included a Palmetto State Armory Micro Dagger pistol, caliber 9mm, and a Ruger Model EC9s pistol, caliber 9mm, the affidavit states. Both firearms were manufactured outside Texas, indicating they had moved in interstate or foreign commerce.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Lopez was arrested without incident and was transported to the HSI office in San Antonio for processing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">According to the affidavit, Lopez was previously removed from the U.S. on or about March 14, 2019, in Laredo, Texas, and there was no indication he applied for or received legal permission to re-enter the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The affidavit states possible penalties for Lopez include up to 15 years of imprisonment, a $250,000 fine, three years supervised release and a $100 mandatory special assessment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\"><b>Read also: <\/b><\/p>\n<ul class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 kDvXdO font_openSans articleList\">\n<li class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__StackBase-sc-1fnzlkn-7 ecGWWE iQviKm\"\/><\/ul>\n<p>Copyright 2025 by KSAT &#8211; All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 A man was arrested earlier this week by immigration officers after selling firearms intended to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":149230,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5133],"tags":[5229,4219,36752,87849,5410,7202,7203,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-149229","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-antonio","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime","10":"tag-dps","11":"tag-hsi","12":"tag-ice","13":"tag-san-antonio","14":"tag-sanantonio","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-tx","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-united-states-of-america","19":"tag-unitedstates","20":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","21":"tag-us","22":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115035754024899910","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149229","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=149229"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/149229\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/149230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=149229"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=149229"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=149229"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}