Three Foreign Nationals Sentenced in May for Illegally Reentering the United States After Deportation

PHILADELPHIA - United States Attorney David Metcalf announced that three foreign nationals convicted separately of illegally reentering the United States after prior deportations were sentenced this month.

Leobardo Lopez-Garcia, aka Nazario Moreno Gonzalez, 46, a Mexican national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Karen Spencer Marston to time served, approximately 10 months, for illegal reentry. Having completed his sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.

Lopez-Garcia had previously been removed from the U.S. three times: in October 2000, January 2004, and January 2006, following encounters with the U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona.

In April 2023, U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement ("ICE") became aware that the defendant had been arrested by the Hatfield Township Police Department on a driving under the influence charge. He pleaded guilty to that offense in April 2024 in the Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas.

Lopez-Garcia was arrested on a federal criminal complaint in August of last year, indicted for illegal reentry in November, and pleaded guilty this March.

Baudilio Lopez-Ramirez, 37, a Mexican national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Paul S. Diamond to time served, approximately two and a half months, for illegal reentry. Having completed his sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.

Lopez-Ramirez had previously been removed from the U.S. in March 2012, following his arrest by the U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona.

In December 2025, ICE learned that the defendant had been arrested by the Philadelphia Police Department. Lopez-Ramirez was taken into federal custody on a criminal complaint this February, charged by indictment with illegal reentry in March, and pleaded guilty in April.

Jose Fernando Gomez-Urquia, 32, a Honduran national, was sentenced by United States District Judge Joseph F. Leeson Jr. to time served, approximately two months, for illegal reentry. Having completed his sentence, he will be removed from the United States again.

Gomez-Urquia had previously been removed from the U.S. in May 2016, following an encounter with the U.S. Border Patrol in Texas.

In November of last year, ICE became aware that the defendant had been arrested by the Coatesville Police Department. Gomez-Urquia pleaded guilty this March in the Chester County Court of Common Pleas to making terroristic threats with the intent to terrorize another and was sentenced to time served.

He was arrested on a federal criminal complaint the same month, charged by information with illegal reentry in April, and pleaded guilty this month, waiving prosecution by indictment.

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.

The cases were investigated by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations and prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Josh Davison, Catherine Dos Santos, and Robert Schopf.