Rebecca C. Lutzko United States Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio | U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Ohio
Six individuals have pleaded guilty to illegal reentry into the United States in separate cases prosecuted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Ohio, according to an announcement made in Toledo. Two other individuals have been charged with the same offense after federal grand jury indictments.
Francisco Constancio-Mariscal, 38, a Mexican citizen, was previously removed from the U.S. at least twice, most recently on April 28, 2011. He was found in Port Clinton, Ottawa County on January 4 and is scheduled for sentencing on April 2.
Marcos Alberto Bardales Lopez, 27, a Honduran citizen, had been removed from the country at least once before—most recently on December 6, 2019. He was located in Maumee, Lucas County on January 12 and will be sentenced April 2.
Oscar Mendoza, 52 and also from Honduras, had previously been deported at least once—the last time being January 17, 2008. He too was found in Maumee on January 12 and faces sentencing on April 2.
Alvaro Veliz Gonzalez, a Guatemalan national aged 35 who had been removed four times (most recently October 11, 2021), was discovered in Toledo on December 8, 2025; his sentencing is set for April 2 as well.
Guillermo Gutierrez-Rivas of Mexico (age 36) had previously been deported at least once (last removal June 29, 2024). He was apprehended in Benton Township on December 19 and will be sentenced April 2.
Juviny A. Sabillon-Fernandez from Honduras (38) was last removed November 8, 2016; he pleaded guilty February 17 after being found in Saybrook and will be sentenced March 23.
Two others were indicted for illegal reentry: Jorge Alfaro-Rosales of Guatemala (34), who had been removed most recently May 31, 2013 and found February 2 in Toledo; and Hugo Hernandez Lopez—also known as Pedro Hernandez or Pedro Hernandez-Lopez—a Mexican citizen aged 36 who has been deported four times since September 22, 2024 and was found January 28 in Toledo.
Additionally Jaime Sanchez-Tlehuactle (37), a Mexican citizen previously removed most recently April 21, 2021 pled guilty to illegal reentry and received a sentence of twenty months imprisonment on February 19. Following his sentence he will be transferred to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody for removal proceedings.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office stated: “An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.”
The investigations leading to these indictments were conducted by the U.S. Border Patrol-Sandusky Bay Station while prosecutions are led by Assistant United States Attorneys Ava Rotell Dustin, Sara Al-Sorghali, Jennifer King, Robert N. Melching, Matthew D. Simko, Alissa M. Sterling and Tracey Ballard Tangeman for the Northern District of Ohio.
These enforcement actions fall under Operation Take Back America—a nationwide Department of Justice initiative that seeks to address illegal immigration as well as combat cartels and transnational criminal organizations while aiming to protect communities from violent crime perpetrators.
