Two men from Colorado were taken into custody after authorities uncovered their scheme to use a compressed-air cannon to launch drugs and tobacco over the walls of a Louisiana federal prison.
Jose Francisco Herrera Munoz, 18, and Angel Gonzales Gutierrez, 19, were arrested outside the Federal Correctional Complex in Pollock while attempting to send $112,000 in tobacco and $89,500 worth of methamphetamine into the prison yard. The Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office said the men were apprehended before they could fire the air cannon.
Illegal immigrant and friend caught trying to launch drugs into federal prison with air cannonhttps://t.co/yT2CyrL2iv
— Not the Bee (@Not_the_Bee) February 19, 2025
The device they were carrying, similar to those used at stadium events to shoot promotional items into crowds, can launch objects over 350 feet. Authorities say it would have been capable of clearing the prison’s security fence with ease.
Sheriff’s deputies had been tracking the operation before making the arrests. The suspects were caught holding the packages of contraband along with the cannon that would have been used to deliver them.
One of them is an illegal immigrant. This is the type of criminal that Colorado Democrats give sanctuary in Colorado?#copolitics
Colorado men arrested trying to send tobacco, meth into Louisiana prison with air cannon https://t.co/tNQR8kME3X
— Mr T 2 (@GovtsTheProblem) February 21, 2025
Munoz and Gutierrez are facing charges for attempting to introduce contraband into a penal institution and attempting to distribute methamphetamine. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has placed a detainer on Munoz, as he is in the country illegally and is expected to be taken into ICE custody after his release from jail.
Following the arrests, FCI Pollock has indefinitely suspended all visitations.
