Ector County Man Busted for Selling Firearms to Terrorists

A young man was recently arrested in Ector County for a firearms trafficking crime that was the first case of its kind in the U.S.

20-Year-Old Arrested for Selling Guns to Terrorists

Santiago De Jesus Reyes-Soria, 20, was arrested on April 14 on the 400 block of South Moss Avenue in Odessa.

According to a release from the Texas Anti-Gang Center Permian Basin, Reyes-Soria was labeled a federal fugitive and wanted for his recent actions. The 20-year-old was charged with trafficking firearms to terrorist organizations.

The circumstances of this particular crime meant that Reyes-Soria's charges were the first of their kind in the U.S. due to the fact that the law was just recently added in 2022.

Anti-Gang Center Recent Wins

The Texas Anti-Gang Center in the Permian Basin had a busy month of March, executing a total of seven search warrants. The agency also seized more than the following:

• 6 lbs. of marijuana
• 14 oz. of THC
• 5 lbs. of meth
• 45 lbs. of cocaine
• 3 oz. of heroin
• 45 lbs. of fentanyl

Also, from December 1, 2025 through February 28, 2026, the center reported a total of 146 felony arrests and 40 misdemeanor arrests, seizing 58 weapons and $125,401 of currency in the process.

That three-month time frame also saw the anti-gang center confiscate 93 pounds of cocaine, 99 pounds of fentanyl, and even over a pound of Psilocybin.

What is Psilocybin?

Psilocybin (pronounced SAI-luh-SAI-bin) is a hallucinogenic chemical derived from over 100 species of mushrooms worldwide. Properties of Psilocybin are often similar to LSD, and hallucinations typically begin within the first 20 to 40 minutes of use and can last for up to 6 hours.