United States Attorney's Office for the District of Kansas
07/17/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/17/2026 13:52
Criminal illegal alien sentenced for reentry into U.S. after deportation
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Criminal illegal alien sentenced for reentry into U.S. after deportation
Friday, July 17, 2026
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For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Kansas
TOPEKA, KAN. - An illegal alien from Honduras was sentenced to 24 months in prison for returning to the United States after previously being deported.
According to court documents, Jose Alfredo Galiano-Meza, 33, pleaded guilty to one count of reentry of a removed alien.
Galiano-Meza will be transferred to federal prison after he completes a sentence he is currently serving in the Kansas Department of Corrections. In November 2022, Galiano-Meza was sentenced in Kansas state court to 68 months of incarceration following a fatal automobile accident in Lawrence.
"Mr. Galiano-Meza was deported in 2013 and again in 2018. That was years before his arrest for causing a crash that killed a child," said U.S. Attorney Ryan A. Kriegshauser. "If the U.S. government deports someone, that person is committing a federal crime and a felony by returning to our country without permission from the government."
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigated the case.
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Updated July 17, 2026
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Immigration
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