Sean P. Costello U.S. Attorney | U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama
A Honduran citizen, Jhostin Nunez-Murcia, 36, was sentenced to time served in prison for illegally reentering the United States after previously being deported. The sentencing took place in Mobile, Alabama.
Court records show that Nunez-Murcia was stopped by the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office on September 12, 2025, due to a traffic violation. Deputies suspected that he was not a U.S. citizen and contacted U.S. Border Patrol. A Border Patrol agent confirmed that Nunez-Murcia had been removed from the country in 2012.
U.S. District Judge Terry F. Moorer gave Nunez-Murcia a sentence of time served and ordered one year of supervised release upon his release from prison. He will be referred to immigration officials for deportation proceedings and must pay $100 in special assessments.
U.S. Attorney Sean P. Costello of the Southern District of Alabama announced the sentencing.
The investigation involved the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and the Mobile County Sheriff’s Department.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Jessica S. Terrill prosecuted the case.
According to officials, this case is part of Operation Take Back America, which is a nationwide effort by the Department of Justice aimed at combating illegal immigration and criminal organizations while protecting communities from violent crime.
