Venezuelan man found with 3 guns near White House charged with threatening Trump
A Venezuelan man has been charged with threatening President Trump after Secret Service officers found him asleep in a stolen pickup truck near the White House on Thursday, according to federal prosecutors. Officers recovered three firearms and dozens of rounds of ammunition.
A U.S. Secret Service officer on White House patrol spotted the blue Ford F-150 at about 11:42 p.m. Thursday on Constitution Avenue NW, just west of 16th Street NW and south of the Ellipse, according to charging documents. The truck was parked with its engine off.
The officer saw the man asleep behind the wheel and tapped on the passenger-side window. Officers searched the truck and found two 9 mm pistols, a rifle and 72 rounds of ammunition. One pistol was in a backpack and the other was in a fanny pack.
The Secret Service arrested Ronny Guanipa-Chrinos, 26, who prosecutors say was in the United States illegally. He was charged in federal court Monday.
The charges include threatening the president, threatening to injure another person, possessing a stolen vehicle and unlawfully possessing firearms and ammunition while in the country illegally.
U.S. Attorney Jeanine Ferris Pirro said Guanipa-Chrinos admitted entering the United States illegally in 2025. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had previously detained him near El Paso, Texas, in March 2024, when he said he had crossed the border from Mexico on foot.
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