"When confronted, the man said he was hearing voices in his head that ordered him to travel to Washington DC to kill President Trump," the Department of Homeland Security reported.
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Image source, US Department of Homeland Security. Image caption, The arsenal seized from the detainee, which includes an AR-15-style weapon, a Mac-10 and a Glock 43X, in an image shared by the US Department of Homeland Security. By Leire Ventas, BBC News Mundo correspondent in Los Angeles. Published 34 minutes ago. Reading time: 2 min. US Secret Service agents arrested an undocumented Venezuelan immigrant with several weapons in his vehicle near the White House on Thursday night. This was announced on Friday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), adding that the detainee had allegedly threatened to kill President Donald Trump. The detainee has been identified as Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos, a native of Venezuela. According to the statement released by DHS, agents approached him after observing him acting "in a suspicious manner" in his car parked on Constitution Avenue, adjacent to the White House. "When confronted, the man said he was hearing voices in his head that ordered him to travel to Washington DC to kill President Trump," the statement continues. According to DHS, the vehicle had been reported as stolen and the suspect admitted he was carrying weapons inside, so the agents proceeded to arrest him. The image of the arsenal included in the press release shows an AR-15-style weapon, a Mac-10 and a Glock 43X, as well as ammunition. After his arrest, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) filed an immigration detainer against Chrinos with the US Marshals Service, in whose custody he remains. Skip Most read and continue reading. Most read. End of Most read. According to the DHS statement, Chrinos entered the US illegally through Texas in March 2024 and, after being detained by Border Patrol, was released. Download the new BBC World Service app. Choose BBC News Mundo and receive news alerts, documentaries and analysis, all in one place. Important: the new app is not available in the UK or the United States. You can also follow us on YouTube, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, X and on our WhatsApp channel. And don't forget to subscribe here to our newsletter to receive a special selection of our best content every Friday. Discover more. Skip Video and continue. Video. End of Video. Related content