SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- 41-old-year, Julio Rangel-Jimenez, of Mexico, was sentenced by United States District Court Judge Cristal C. Brisco after pleading guilty to two felony counts of Illegal Alien Unlawfully in Possession of a Firearm and Reentry of Removed Alien.

Rangel-Jimenez was sentenced to 46 months in prison.

Rangel-Jimenez was removed from the United States in February of 2025. He illegally reentered the United States and was arrested on July 22, in Fulton County, Indiana, following a traffic stop.

Police found two handguns, two rifles with large capacity magazines, and about 19 grams of cocaine in the house where he was living. Because he was unlawfully in the United States, he was prohibited from possessing any firearms.

This case was investigated by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives and the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office.