TULSA, Okla. – An El Salvadoran national illegally living in Tulsa was indicted for possessing firearms and ammunition unlawfully and distributing drugs in the Northern District of Oklahoma.
Geovanny Alexander Pineda-Cubias, 25, is charged with being an Alien Unlawfully in the United States in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition; Possession of Cocaine with Intent to Distribute; Maintaining a Drug-Involved Premises; and Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking Crimes.
Agents began investigating Pineda-Cubias after he made several posts on social media showing that he was selling drugs, possessed firearms, and was selling a firearm and a machine gun conversion device, known as a “Glock switch.” While investigating Pineda-Cubias, agents discovered that he is unlawfully inside the United States, has been removed, and is not legally allowed to possess a firearm.
Pineda-Cubias was the passenger in a vehicle that was pulled over during a traffic stop. During the traffic stop, law enforcement found two firearms, cocaine, and cash in the vehicle. Agents then obtained a search warrant for his home and recovered more than 300 rounds of ammunition, cocaine, and drug distribution paraphernalia.
An indictment is merely an allegation. The defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a
court of law.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Homeland Security Investigations, the Drug Enforcement Administration Tulsa Resident Office, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, and the Tulsa Police Department are investigating the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mike Flesher is prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America , a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office — Northern District of Oklahoma — U.S. Department of Justice press release.