Jose Olalde-Caminoreal, a 49-year-old Mexican national found in Kay County, Oklahoma, was sentenced on July 24 to serve 87 months in federal prison for illegal reentry into the United States after two previous deportations, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Robert J. Troester.
According to public records, Olalde was arrested by the Ponca City Police Department on August 22, 2024, for falsely personating another person to create liability. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Removal Operations determined that Olalde had previously been deported from the United States twice, in 2021 and 2022.
Court records show that Olalde has multiple felony convictions in the United States, including a murder conviction from Travis County, Texas in 1999. In that case, he was sentenced to 35 years in prison for strangling a woman to death. He was released from prison and deported in 2021.
Olalde was charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien on September 17, 2024. He pleaded guilty on March 17, while serving a separate Texas prison sentence. At his sentencing hearing on July 24 before Chief U.S. District Judge Scott L. Palk, Olalde admitted he reentered the country without obtaining permission from the U.S. government following his prior removals.
During sentencing, Judge Palk cited Olalde’s significant criminal history: “an arrest for soliciting a prostitute,” repeated use of false names and identification documents when interacting with law enforcement, as well as various convictions including possessing contraband in prison.” Judge Palk also cited “the need to protect the public,” noting that Olalde illegally returned twice after being convicted of what he described as a “brutal murder.” Upon completion of his sentence, Olalde will be deported again.
The case resulted from an investigation by ICE-ERO, Homeland Security Investigations and Ponca City Police Department; it was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Brandon Hale.
This prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America—a nationwide initiative utilizing resources of the Department of Justice against illegal immigration and transnational crime organizations—to protect communities from violent crime perpetrators.
The U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma advances public safety through federal law enforcement efforts across its jurisdiction covering forty counties and collaborates on initiatives such as Project Safe Neighborhoods and Project Safe Childhood, according to the official website.