Guatemalan National Indicted for Illegal Reentry

PROVIDENCE - A Guatemalan national previously deported from the United States in 2018 has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Rhode Island on a charge of illegal reentry, announced Acting United States Attorney Sara Miron Bloom.

Jose Alejandro Morales Cordon, 37, came to the attention of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) through an automated biometric fingerprint match of fingerprints entered into the National Crime Enforcement Center in June 2025 following his arrest on state assault and cyberstalking charges. He is scheduled to be arraigned in U.S. District Court on July 28, 2025.

The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S Attorney Julie M. White.

The matter was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

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).

A federal indictment is merely an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

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