Jorge Saavedra-Delgado, a 42-year-old Mexican national from Zamora, Michoacán, has been sentenced to 33 months in prison followed by one year of supervised release for illegal reentry into the United States. The sentencing was announced by U.S. Attorney Darin Smith.
Saavedra-Delgado came to the attention of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on June 28, 2025, while he was held at Lincoln County Jail after being arrested on state charges including interference with a peace officer. According to court documents, Saavedra-Delgado had previously been convicted in April 2011 in the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming for distributing methamphetamine and for illegally reentering the country after deportation. He received sentences of 60 months for the drug offense and 24 months for illegal reentry.
ICE agents found that Saavedra-Delgado did not have permission to return to the United States after his formal removal in March 2015. The case was investigated by ICE and prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Cameron J. Cook. U.S. District Court Judge Scott W. Skavdahl imposed the sentence on December 16 in Cheyenne under Case No. 25-CR-00106.
“We fully support ICE’s efforts to identify, locate, prosecute, and remove convicted felons who are in the United States illegally,” said U.S. Attorney Darin Smith.
The prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America, an initiative aimed at addressing illegal immigration and related criminal activity through coordinated resources from the Department of Justice’s Project Safe Neighborhoods program.
