Six undocumented immigrants, five with felony convictions, have been sentenced to federal prison for illegal reentry in the Southern District of Indiana. The individuals, originating from Monroe, Dubois, Marion, and Perry counties, were prosecuted following separate investigations. Each case was handled independently.
The defendants and their sentences are as follows:
– Teodulo Gonzalez-Parral, 51, from Mexico, received three years and ten months in prison. He had previously been removed from the United States three times and has prior convictions including operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (three counts), criminal mischief (third and second degree), and second-degree assault.
– Raymundo Antonio Galdamez-Lobo, 44, from El Salvador, was sentenced to three years and one month. He had six prior removals and multiple convictions such as criminal trespass, driving while intoxicated (three counts), prostitution, reckless driving, resisting arrest, providing false information (three counts), burglary (three counts), evading arrest, and illegal reentry.
– Jorge A. Esparza-Reyna, 32, from Mexico, received a seven-month sentence. He had been removed three times before and has two DUI convictions.
– Noe Hernandez-Cocullo, 37; Amin Derli Reynosa-Diaz, 29; and Martin Cortez-Lopez, 36—all from Mexico—were each sentenced to time served. Their previous convictions include recklessly endangering the safety of a child; domestic battery; possession of a controlled substance; resisting an officer with violence; and disorderly intoxication in public.
Upon entering their guilty pleas, all defendants acknowledged they will be subject to removal from the United States after serving their sentences. Conditions of supervision require them to surrender to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement when released from federal custody.
“Violent criminal aliens who repeatedly violate our immigration laws and endanger our communities must face real consequences,” said Tom Wheeler, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Indiana. “Through Operation Take Back America, we are unleashing the full force of the Department of Justice to repel the invasion of illegal aliens and ensure that those who threaten our security face swift and decisive justice.”
The Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations conducted these investigations. Sentences were imposed by U.S. District Judges Richard L. Young, Matthew P. Brookman, Tanya Walton Pratt, and James P. Hanlon.
U.S. Attorney Wheeler expressed appreciation for Assistant U.S. Attorneys Todd Shellenbarger, Matthew Miller, Meredith Wood, Carolyn Haney, and Lauren Wheatley for prosecuting these cases.
These prosecutions are part of Operation Take Back America—a national initiative led by the Department of Justice aimed at combating illegal immigration as well as dismantling cartels and transnational criminal organizations through resources coordinated by Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).
