Four Time Deported Honduran National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Re-Entry

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced today that SANTOS RAMOS-CASTILLO, a/k/a “Santos Ramos-Castillo”, age 36, plead guilty as charged on February 1, 2023 to a one-count indictment for illegal reentry of a removed alien in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a) .

According to documents filed in court and signed by him, SANTOS RAMOS-CASTILLO (“RAMOS-CASTILLO”) admitted to reentering the United States after he was previously deported on November 16, 2015.  He also admitted to being deported four other times prior to his November, 2015 deportation . If convicted, RAMOS-CASTILLO faces a maximum term of imprisonment of two years, a maximum fine of $250,000, a maximum term of supervised release of one year, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee. 

U.S. Attorney Evans praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement in investigating this matter.  Assistant U. S. Attorney Carter K. D. Guice, Jr. is in charge of the prosecution.