Five foreign nationals were sentenced in November for illegally reentering the United States after being previously deported, according to an announcement from U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
Gerardo Antonio Estrada-Rios, a 28-year-old Honduran national, received an 18-month prison sentence from United States District Judge Mary Kay Costello. After serving his time, he will be removed from the country again. Estrada-Rios had been deported three times before and was most recently convicted of robbery with bodily injury in Houston, Texas, in 2022.
Julio Cesar Concepcion, a 41-year-old Dominican national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Mark A. Kearney to one year and one day in prison for illegal reentry. He had previously pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges involving heroin in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and was deported to the Dominican Republic in August 2021.
Sean Christian, a Jamaican national aged 35, was given a sentence of one year and one day plus two years of supervised release by United States District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. Christian had been removed from the U.S. in August 2016 following a conviction for attempting to transport marijuana for sale in Arizona.
Isaac Tapia Hernandez, a 35-year-old Mexican national, received a ten-month prison sentence from United States District Judge Kai N. Scott for illegal reentry. He had been deported three times before after being stopped at the border by immigration authorities in Laredo, Texas.
Geysi Enecon Aguilar Montoya, a Honduran national aged 41, was sentenced by United States District Judge Nitza I. Quiñones Alejandro to time served—about three months—for illegal reentry and will also be removed again after completing his sentence.
“These cases are part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal immigration, achieve the total elimination of cartels and transnational criminal organizations (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime,” said U.S. Attorney David Metcalf.
The investigations were conducted by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Nancy Potts, Robert Schopf, and Terri Marinari.
