A Honduran national, Miguel Angel Solorzano-Dominguez, was sentenced on September 25, 2025, in New Orleans after pleading guilty to four federal charges. The charges included 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 illegal reentry into the United States after removal.
Solorzano-Dominguez received a sentence of 101 months in prison, five years of supervised release, and was ordered to pay a $400 mandatory special assessment fee.
Court documents state that on January 29, 2025, Solorzano-Dominguez possessed cocaine and had a Taurus Model G2C nine-millimeter semi-automatic pistol while engaged in drug trafficking. He also unlawfully possessed the firearm as a previously convicted felon from Mississippi and had reentered the United States illegally after being deported on July 9, 2010.
This prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America. According to the Department of Justice, this initiative aims to address illegal immigration and dismantle cartels and transnational criminal organizations by combining resources from various federal programs such as the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
The investigation involved several agencies: 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 prosecuted the case for the Narcotics Unit.
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