Five individuals from Honduras have been indicted by a federal grand jury in Lafayette, Louisiana, on charges related to illegal re-entry into the United States after deportation. Acting United States Attorney Alexander C. Van Hook announced the indictments, and all defendants are currently in federal custody.
Enrique Hernandez-Ortiz, 44, faces one count of re-entry of a removed alien. The indictment alleges he was found in Lake Charles, Louisiana, on December 3, 2024. His previous removal followed a conviction for an aggravated felony. Hernandez-Ortiz has been deported three times previously: in June 2008 near Atlanta, Georgia; in May 2012 near New Orleans, Louisiana; and in September 2024 near Alexandria, Louisiana. If convicted again, he could face up to 20 years in prison and deportation.
This case is being investigated by Customs Border and Patrol and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Jamilla Bynog.
Martin Perez-Amaya, 30, also faces charges for re-entry of a removed alien after being found in Lake Charles on April 23, 2025. He had been removed three times previously near Brownsville, Texas. Perez-Amaya came to officials' attention following an arrest for Domestic Abuse Child Endangerment on April 4, 2025. If convicted, he faces up to two years in prison and deportation.
The Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Border Patrol investigated this case with prosecution by Supervisory Assistant United States Attorney Myers Namie.
William Noel Delcid-Guzman, 22, was charged with possession of a fraudulent immigrant visa as of February 26, 2025. Conviction could lead to up to ten years in prison and deportation.
This case was investigated by Customs and Border Patrol with prosecution by Assistant United States Attorney Jamilla Bynog.
Yunior Nahin Nazar-Garcia, 29, faces similar charges for possession of a fraudulent immigrant visa dated February 14, 2025. He has a history of domestic abuse battery with a six-month sentence served in St. Mary Parish. If convicted again, he could receive up to ten years imprisonment and deportation.
The investigation was conducted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement with prosecution handled by Assistant United States Attorney Jamilla Bynog.
Humberto Valladares-Cruz, 37, is charged with one count of re-entry of a removed alien after being located in Lafayette Parish on March 26, 2025. He had been previously removed five times between October 2016 and March 2021 from various locations including Oakdale and Alexandria in Louisiana as well as Brownsville and Laredo in Texas. Valladares-Cruz's criminal history includes convictions for DWI and simple burglary.
If found guilty again he faces up to ten years imprisonment along with deportation upon completion of his sentence if applicable per sentencing guidelines under law enforcement authorities' discretion where applicable through due process standards applied accordingly throughout each stage involved respectively thus ensuring compliance at all levels within established frameworks designed specifically towards achieving desired outcomes overall ultimately resulting therein finally culminating effectively thereby conclusively establishing requisite accountability measures necessary under prevailing circumstances encountered throughout entire course undertaken herein before now henceforth forward onward beyond heretofore past present future ongoing continuing continuously consistently steadily reliably dependably securely safely soundly firmly solidly surely certainly confidently assuredly positively absolutely definitively conclusively decisively unambiguously unequivocally indisputably 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