An armed illegal immigrant who had multiple guns in a stolen vehicle and threatened to kill President Donald Trump was arrested late last week near the White House, federal authorities said.
U.S. Secret Service officers said the suspect, Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos, from Venezuela, was spotted acting suspiciously in his vehicle. It was parked on Constitution Avenue in Washington, D.C., when agents approached him and took him into custody.
He is another Biden-era release and claimed he heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Trump, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said.
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Chrinos admitted to having weapons inside the vehicle, which led to his arrest.
Federal authorities confirmed he is illegally in the country but did not say where he currently lived or details about where the vehicle had been reported stolen.
On Monday, two more people were arrested near the White House following two separate security incidents, FOX5 DC reported.
In the first incident reported shortly before 10 a.m., a vehicle crashed onto the sidewalk. The driver became combative with law enforcement before being quickly taken into custody, according to a Secret Service spokesperson.
Around the same time, a second person allegedly jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park but was quickly apprehended.
Following Chrinos’ arrest Thursday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement lodged a detainer with the U.S. Marshals Service, where he is currently in custody.
Chrinos has been charged with carrying a rifle outside of a home or business, three counts of unlawful transportation of a firearm, three counts of unregistered firearms, three counts of unregistered ammunition, possession of certain dangerous weapons, carrying a pistol without a license, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle, theft, and receiving stolen property.
“On top of threatening President Trump, he is an illegal alien from Venezuela who had no business being in our country in the first place,” DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin said. “This is just an example of the incredible work done by the men and women of the Secret Service every single day as they put their lives on the line to protect our nation’s leaders.”
Chrinos illegally entered the United States through Texas in March 2024. He was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol but later released into the country.
During a search of the vehicle, officers recovered three firearms, including an AR-15 style weapon, a Mac 10, and a Glock 43X, as well as dozens of rounds of ammunition.
Chrinos is the latest of several people arrested for making threats against President Trump’s life, along with a rise in security incidents near the White House and his Florida home.
Three months ago, a California resident was found near Capitol Hill after driving cross-country with an operational 10-foot guillotine in his pickup truck. He was identified as Philan-Tam-Duy Le, Fox News reported.
Suspects also rammed vehicles into security barricades near the White House in March 2026 and October 2025.
In June, federal authorities identified Abraham Hermosillo Alvarez, a 31-year-old Mexican national and DACA recipient, as the alleged ringleader of the foiled mass-casualty plot targeting the UFC Freedom 250 event at the White House.
In April, an armed Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, tried to run past Secret Service officers and enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, hoping to kill top administration officials.
On July 13, 2024, Trump survived an assassination attempt during a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show Grounds near Butler, Pennsylvania. Other suspects have been arrested and killed after attempting to unlawfully enter his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
U.S. Secret Service Director Sean Curran praised the extensive training of agents to deescalate and disarm people targeting the president as well as other Americans, especially those visiting the nation’s capital, White House and historic monuments.
Curran said the incident reflects a “heightened threat environment” and an alarming increase in armed individuals “drawn to the White House complex.”
“While our personnel are trained to respond to situations like this and we remain confident in our tactics, we are alarmed by the increase in threat cases that continue to arise,” Curran said.
