Five charged with immigration and firearm offenses in Bowling Green and Paducah

BOWLING GREEN, PADUCAH, Ky. – Five people have been indicted for immigration and firearms offenses, including charges out of Bowling Green.
According to a release by the United State Attorney’s Office, Western District of Kentucky, the indictments was returned on May 13 charging the following five individuals:
- Artemio Ruiz-Medina, 45, a citizen of Mexico, was charged in Bowling Green with reentry after deportation or removal. On or about April 13, 2025, the indictment states Ruiz-Medina was found in the United States after having been denied admission, excluded, deported and removed from the United States on or about July 3, 2003, September 29, 2006, April 2, 2010, June 28, 2018 and July 28, 2023. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 10 years in prison. This case is being investigated by HSI, ICE ERO.
- Santos Pastor-Juarez, 52, a citizen of Guatemala, was charged in Paducah with reentry after deportation or removal. On or about April 28, 2025, the indictment states Pastor-Juarez was found in the United States after having been denied admission, excluded, deported and removed from the United States on or about on March 6, 1998. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of two years in prison. This case is being investigated by HSI, ICE ERO.
- Zhouchen Yan, 29, a citizen of China, was charged in Bowling Green with three counts of making false written statements intended to deceive a licensed firearms dealer, on a Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record. On the form, the indictment states Yan falsely stated he was not an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States, when in fact, as the defendant then knew, he was an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States. These crimes occurred between October 23, 2023 and December13, 2024 in Warren County. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison. This case is being investigated by ATF.
- Ulises Macario Gonzaga-Guillen, 32, a citizen of Mexico, was charged in Paducah with four counts of making false written statements intended to deceive a licensed firearms dealer, on a Department of Justice, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives Form 4473, Firearms Transaction Record. On the form, Gonzaga-Guillen falsely stated he was not an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States, when in fact, as the defendant then knew, he was an alien illegally or unlawfully in the United States. He was also charged with falsely claiming to be a United Sates citizen while being an illegal alien in possession of firearms on two occasions. These crimes occurred between January 1, 2025, and April 21, 2025, in McCracken and Marshall counties. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 73 years in prison. This case is being investigated by ATF, HSI, and ICE ERO.
- Rodrigo Waldemarr Caal-Caal, 22, a citizen of Guatemala, and Rodolfo Ruiz-Hernandez, 27, a citizen of Mexico, were both charged in Paducah with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. The indictement states Caal-Caal and Ruiz-Hernandez admitted to possessing a firearm to Mayfield Police Department investigators during a death investigation. If convicted, both face a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison. This case is being investigated by ATF, HSI, ICE ERO, and the Mayfield Police Department.
There is no parole in the federal system.