Edgardo Amador-Rodriguez, a 29-year-old Honduran national, has pled guilty to re-entering the United States after being previously deported. The announcement was made by Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson. Amador-Rodriguez's sentencing is scheduled for June 17, 2025, before U.S. District Judge Brandon S. Long.
Court documents reveal that Amador-Rodriguez was deported on June 8, 2018, but later re-entered the country. He was arrested on December 22, 2024, and booked into the Orleans Justice Center on several state charges. On March 5, 2023, the Pacific Enforcement Response Center issued a detainer for him following his arrest in Jefferson Parish on municipal and traffic attachments. Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans took custody of Amador-Rodriguez on March 7, 2025, after his release from local custody and handed him over to immigration authorities.
Amador-Rodriguez could face up to two years in prison, a fine of up to $250,000, up to one year of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America. This initiative aims to combat illegal immigration and eliminate cartels and transnational criminal organizations while protecting communities from violent crime perpetrators. It combines resources from the Department’s Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson commended the efforts of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency along with the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in this investigation. Assistant United States Attorney Carter K.D. Guice Jr., from the General Crimes Unit, is leading the prosecution.
