Mariano Miranda Quiroz/Mexico/Weapon Possession

Mariano Miranda Quiroz, a Mexico national living in the country illegally, was taken into custody by ICE agents in Omaha, Nebraska, on charges of weapon possession.

Weapons charges involving illegal aliens are treated as priority enforcement matters under both state and federal law. Federal statute independently prohibits illegal aliens from possessing firearms, meaning Quiroz faces potential exposure on multiple criminal fronts alongside a concurrent federal immigration removal proceeding moving forward independently.

Following the arrest, Quiroz was transferred to federal immigration detention. Removal proceedings before a Department of Justice immigration judge are pending, with Mexico as the country of removal.