Arnold Manzanares-Martinez/Honduras/Weapon Alteration

ICE agents apprehended Arnold Manzanares-Martinez in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Honduras illegal alien faces charges of weapon alteration.

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 Manzanares-Martinez faces potential exposure on multiple criminal fronts alongside a concurrent federal immigration removal proceeding moving forward independently.

Manzanares-Martinez has been placed in federal immigration detention and is scheduled to appear before a Department of Justice immigration judge. If ordered removed, Manzanares-Martinez would be deported to Honduras.