U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Honduran National Guilty of Re-entry of a Deported Alien
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – ActingU.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that HIBIS TURCIO-SANCHEZ (“TURCIO-SANCHEZ”), age 45, a native of Honduras, plead guilty on March 13, 2025, to reentry of removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections 1326(a) and (b)(1).
According to court documents, TURCIO-SANCHEZ reentered the United States after he was previously deported on October 17, 2016.
TURCIO-SANCHEZ faces an enhanced maximum sentence of 10 years imprisonment, up to 3 years of supervised release, up to a $250,00 fine, and a $100 mandatory special assessment fee because of his prior felony conviction for assaulting a federal official in 2016. Sentencing is set for June 17, 2025, before United States District Judge Susie Morgan.
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Enforcement and Removal Operations, and the Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations, in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Paul J. Hubbell of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
Contact
Shane M. Jones
Public Information Officer
United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Department of Justice
Updated March 14, 2025
Topic
Immigration
Component