SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – United States District Court Chief Judge Raúl Arias-Marxuach sentenced Daniel García-Martín to a term of 15 months imprisonment, 2 years supervised release, a $5,500 fine, and forfeiture of firearms and ammunition for firearms violations related to possession of firearms by a convicted felon. García-Martín was arrested on October 17, 2025, and pleaded guilty on March 19, 2026.
According to court documents, Daniel García-Martín, 68, of Lajas, Puerto Rico, possessed three firearms and 143 rounds of ammunition in his residence knowing that he had been convicted of a felony. The firearms and ammunition were seized during the execution of a federal search warrant at his residence by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. García-Martín was convicted of second-degree murder in 1999 in the Superior Court of Mayagüez, Puerto Rico and released from custody in 2005.
U.S. Attorney W. Stephen Muldrow of the District of Puerto Rico and Carlos R. Goris, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI San Juan Field Office, made the announcement.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was in charge of the investigation of the case.
Assistant U.S. Attorneys Linet Olinghouse and Seth Erbe prosecuted the case.
