Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Illegally Reentering the United States

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A Mexican national has pleaded guilty in federal court to illegally reentering the United States subsequent to his deportation.

Ibrahim Orozzo-Ramirez, 30, a three-time deported Mexican national, pleaded guilty to a one-count indictment charging him with illegally reentering the United States of America subsequent to his deportation following a 2019 aggravated felony conviction.

Orozzo-Ramirez admitted that he reentered the United States subsequent to a 2019 Jackson County, Mo., conviction for stealing a motor vehicle. Orozzo-Ramirez admitted that after this conviction he was deported on July 17, 2019, from the United States to Mexico via Brownsville, Tx., and that at some later date he reentered the United States without having obtained the consent of the Attorney General of the United States or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security for reapplication for admission into the United States of America. Orozzo-Ramirez admitted that he was arrested on Feb. 1, 2025, in Kansas City, Mo., by special agents with the Department of Homeland Security.

Orozzo-Ramirez had been previously deported from the United States on two other occasions; first, on Nov. 17, 2017, from the United States to Mexico via Brownsville, Tx., and again on Nov. 2, 2018, from the United States to Mexico via El Paso, Tx., following a federal conviction for improper entry by an alien before the United States District Court for the District of New Mexico.

Under federal statutes, Orozzo-Ramirez is subject to a sentence of up to 20 years' imprisonment in federal prison without parole, with up to three years of supervised release following any sentence. The maximum statutory sentence is prescribed by Congress and is provided here for informational purposes, as the sentencing of the defendant will be determined by the court based on the advisory sentencing guidelines and other statutory factors. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 6, 2026, after the completion of a presentence investigation by the United States Probation Office.

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Daly. It was investigated by the Department of Homeland Security, Enforcement and Removal Operations ("ERO") and Homeland Security Investigations ("HSI").

Operation Take Back America

This case is 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. Operation Take Back America streamlines efforts and resources from the Department's Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).