U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Honduran National Sentenced to 6 Months for Re-Entry of Removed Alien
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – EDGARDO AMADOR-RODRIGUEZ (“AMADOR-RODRIGUEZ”), age 29, a native of Honduras, was sentenced on June 17, 2025, for re-entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1326(a), announced Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson. AMADOR-RODRIGUEZ was sentenced to 6 months in federal prison.
According to court documents, AMADOR-RODRIGUEZ reentered the United States after he was previously deported on June 8, 2018. The Pacific Enforcement Response Center issued a detainer on December 22,2024, after AMADOR-RODRIGUEZ, was booked into Orleans Justice Center after being arrested for several state charges and the Pacific Enforcement Response Center issued a detainer on March 5,2025, after the subject was arrested and booked into Jefferson Parish on municipal and traffic attachments.
On March 7, 2025, Enforcement and Removal Operations New Orleans picked up AMADOR-RODRIGUEZ after he was released from local custody and turned over to immigration on the active detainer. Department of Homeland Security record checks reflect that AMADOR-RODRIGUEZ was last deported on June 8, 2018, to Honduras.
Acting U.S. Attorney Simpson praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office and the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Carter K.D. Guice, Jr. of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.
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).
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Shane M. Jones
Public Information Officer
United States Attorney’s Office, Eastern District of Louisiana
United States Department of Justice
Updated June 18, 2025
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Operation Take Back America
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