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Guatemalan National Indicted for Reentry of Deported Alien
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Guatemalan National Indicted for Reentry of Deported Alien
Tuesday, September 23, 2025
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA - Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that JUAN CARLOS LOPEZ-SOSA ("LOPEZ-SOSA"), age 31, a native of Guatemala, was indicted on September 18, 2025, for reentry of removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a).
According to court documents, LOPEZ-SOSA, an illegal alien, was found in St. Tammany Parish on September 11, 2025. He had previously been convicted of violating 8 U.S.C. § 1326, Illegal Re-entry of Removed Alien on April 5, 2018, and sentenced to a term of 2 days. LOPEZ-SOSA was removed to Guatemala on April 20, 2018.
If convicted, LOPEZ-SOSA faces a maximum penalty of ten years of imprisonment, up to a $250,000 fine, up to three years of supervised release, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee.
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson reiterated that an indictment is merely a charge and that the guilt of the defendant must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt.
This case is part of Operation Take Back America (https://www.justice.gov/dag/media/1393746/dl?inline), 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. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson praised the work of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in investigating this matter. Special Assistant United States Attorney Frederick W. Veters Jr., of the General Crimes Unit oversees the prosecution.
Contact
Brittany Maique
Executive Assistant
U.S. Attorney's Office
Eastern District of Louisiana
Updated September 23, 2025
Topics
Operation Take Back America
Immigration
Component
USAO - Louisiana, Eastern
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