Mexican National Indicted On Charges of Illegal Reentry, False Claim of United States Citizenship, After Assuming Identity Of Deceased Child

DENVER - The United States Attorney's Office for the District of Colorado announces that Alejandro Rascon-Perez, 54, of Mexico, was indicted on one count of illegal reentry of a removed alien, and one count of a false claim of United States Citizenship.

According to public court documents, Rascon-Perez illegally entered the United States in March 2012 near El Paso, Texas. Shortly after arriving in the United States, he was prosecuted in Adams County, Colorado, for possessing Flunitrazepam (commonly known as Rohypnol), and was removed to Mexico. Rascon-Perez illegally reentered the United States again in 2012, was convicted of illegal reentry in the Western District of Texas and was again removed to Mexico. He illegally re-entered the United States a third time before being arrested by the Denver Police Department in May 2025 for felony menacing.

United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) issued a detainer for Rascon-Perez, but the Denver Sheriff's Department released Rascon-Perez back into the community. Rascon-Perez was arrested again in July 2026 for failure to appear in his state criminal case. At that point, ICE obtained a federal criminal arrest warrant and arrested Rascon-Perez.

While federal officers were processing the defendant after his arrest, he claimed he was a United States Citizen with a different identity. Rascon-Perez presented federal officers with documents in the name of Jason Raymond Couture and repeatedly insisted he was Jason Raymond Couture. Upon further investigation, and with assistance from the Social Security Administration, federal agents were able to confirm that Rascon-Perez was not in fact Couture because Couture was a child who had died decades ago. Rascon-Perez continued to insist on the false identity and in interviews with federal officers provided a false date of birth and an incorrect spelling of the name he claimed was his identity.

The charges contained in the indictment are allegations, and the defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.

The case is being prosecuted by the Violent Crime Section of the United States Attorney's Office.

Case Number: 1:26-cr-00174-NYW