Miguel Angel Solorzano-Dominguez, a 37-year-old Honduran national, pled guilty on June 12, 2025, to multiple federal charges in New Orleans. The charges include possession with intent to distribute cocaine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon, and reentry of a removed alien. The plea was entered before United States District Judge Carl J. Barbier.
The indictment reveals that on January 29, 2025, Solorzano-Dominguez was found with cocaine and a Taurus Model G2C nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol linked to drug trafficking activities. He had previously been convicted of a felony in Mississippi and deported from the United States on July 9, 2010.
For the drug-related charge (Count 1), Solorzano-Dominguez faces up to 20 years in prison and/or a $1 million fine along with at least three years of supervised release. For the firearm-related charge (Count 2), he faces between five years to life imprisonment consecutively to any other sentence and/or a $250,000 fine with up to five years of supervised release. The charge for possession as a felon (Count 3) carries up to 15 years in prison and/or a $250,000 fine along with up to three years' supervised release. For illegal reentry (Count 4), he could face up to another 20 years in prison and/or another $1 million fine with at least three more years' supervised release. Each count also includes a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.
The investigation involved several agencies including the Drug Enforcement Administration, Homeland Security Investigations, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations, United States Border Patrol, Kenner Police Department, Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office, and Gretna Major Crimes Task Force. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lynn E. Schiffman from the Narcotics Unit is prosecuting the case.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America—a nationwide initiative by the Department of Justice aimed at curbing illegal immigration and dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations.
