Source: Office of United States Attorneys
CHICAGO — A man has been charged in federal court with trafficking a firearm in Chicago.
OSCAR GIL-IZQUIERDO sold a pistol, a drum magazine, two additional magazines, and a ballistic vest to a buyer on Feb. 20, 2025, according to a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago. The transaction occurred in a parking lot on the Southwest Side of Chicago, the complaint states. Unbeknownst to Gil-Izquierdo, the individual to whom he sold the gun and other items was an undercover law enforcement agent, the complaint states.
The complaint charges Gil-Izquierdo, 25, of Chicago, with attempting to transfer a firearm to a person he knew could not legally possess it. The undercover agent had informed Gil-Izguierdo that the agent was a convicted felon and could not legally purchase a firearm, the complaint states.
On Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Gabriel A. Fuentes ordered Gil-Izquierdo detained in federal custody without bond pending trial.
The complaint was announced by Morris Pasqual, Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois, and Christopher Amon, Special Agent-in-Charge of the Chicago Field Division of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives. Substantial assistance was provided by the Chicago Field Division of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The government is represented by Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Maione.
The charge in the complaint is punishable by a maximum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.
The public is reminded that a complaint is not evidence of guilt. The defendant is presumed innocent and entitled to a fair trial at which the government has the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.