U.S. Attorney announces immigration case updates for the Eastern District of Virginia

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Erik S. Siebert, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, announced today case updates on seven immigration cases in the district.

On Jan. 20 the President signed executive orders addressing the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws. Protecting the American People Against Invasion recognized that enforcing our Nation’s immigration laws is critically important to the national security and public safety of the United States, and that it is the policy of the United States to faithfully execute the immigration laws against all inadmissible and removable aliens, particularly those aliens who threaten the safety or security of the American people. The order tasked the Department of Justice with prioritizing the prosecution of criminal offenses related to the unauthorized entry or continued unauthorized presence of aliens in the United States. Securing Our Borders prioritizes the pursuit of criminal charges against illegal aliens who violate immigration laws and against those who facilitate their unlawful presence in the United States.

On April 30, 2014, pursuant to a final order of removal, Honduran national Jose Alvarenga Aguirre, 30, was removed from the United States. Alvarenga Aguirre illegally reentered the United States, and on Aug. 9, 2024, agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) learned that he had been arrested in Fairfax County for charges of receiving or buying stolen goods and mob and simple assault or battery. On May 30, Alvarenga Aguirre pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States following a previous removal. He remains subject to the prior order of removal. Case No. 1:25-CR-137

On April 23, 2023, Honduran national Gerson Josue Lopez was removed from the United States. Four days later, authorities again encountered and removed Lopez from the United States. On Dec. 2, 2024, Lopez was removed again following his arrest for abduction by force and intimidation and assault and battery on a family member after assaulting the mother of his two-year-old child. Lopez illegally reentered the United States in February 2025 and on Feb. 21 he was arrested by the Loudoun County Sherriff’s Office. On May 30, Lopez pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States following a previous removal and he remains subject to the prior order of removal. Case No. 1:25-CR-132

On Feb. 7, 1999, pursuant to a final order of removal, Mexican national Raul Hector Vasquez-Robles, 53, was removed from the United States. Vasquez-Robles illegally reentered the United States, and on Feb. 1, he was arrested on charges of possession of cocaine. ICE agents learned that he had been arrested after he was booked into the Chesapeake jail. On May 27, Vasquez-Robles pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States following a previous removal. He remains subject to the prior order of removal. Case No. 2:25-CR-51

On Jan. 16, 2020, Salvadoran national Jamie Alvarado Machuci, 39, was found illegally present in the United States after he was arrested, charged, and convicted of a felony hit and run in Prince William County. On June 30, 2020, pursuant to a final order of removal, Alvarado Machuci was removed from the United States. On Dec. 2, 2024, ICE agents learned that Alvarado Machuci had returned to the United States when he was arrested again in Prince William County. Alvarado Machuci pled guilty on June 4 to illegally reentering the United States following a previous removal. He remains subject to the prior order of removal. Case No. 1:25-CR-137

On March 23, 2015, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) first encountered Guatemalan national Heliberto Figueroa Gomez, aka Greivin Armindo Juares Mazariegos, 31. On Aug. 29, 2019, pursuant to a final order of removal, Figueroa Gomez was removed from the United States. On Dec. 2, 2019, CBP again encountered Figueroa Gomez illegally present in the United States, and he was removed again on Dec. 12, 2019. Figueroa Gomez again illegally reentered the United States, and on Feb. 20 was arrested by Chesterfield Police on a pending driving while intoxicated (DWI) charge. On May 6, Figueroa Gomez pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States following a previous removal. He remains subject to the prior order of removal. Case No. 3:25-CR-31

On Feb. 13, 2018, Honduran national Nilson Javier Hernandez-Flores, 33, was removed from the United States pursuant to a final order of removal. Hernandez-Flores illegally reentered the United States and was removed again on Nov. 8, 2019. On March 19, 2022, ICE agents learned that Hernandez-Flores was subject to an arrest warrant for malicious wounding, use of a firearm in a felony, and grand larceny. Hernandez-Flores was arrested by Virginia Beach Police on Feb. 11, 2024. On June 4, Hernandez-Flores pled guilty to illegally reentering the United States following a previous removal. He remains subject to the prior order of removal. Case No. 4: 24-CR-42

On Aug. 23, 2007, Liliana Yamileth Martinez-Medrano, aka Lidia Medrano and Jacqueline L. Reyes Vanegas, 40, was removed from the United States, and was removed again on April 4, 2017, pursuant to a final order of removal. On July 20, 2019, ICE agents found Martinez-Medrano, who was being held on local charges, at the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center. Martinez-Medrano self-deported on March 21, 2022. Martinez-Medrano later illegally reentered the United States. On Dec. 14, 2023, Martinez-Medrano self-surrendered on a warrant for her arrest for contributing to the delinquency of a minor after stealing packages with her nine-year-old child. On May 23, Martinez-Medrano was found in violation of her terms of supervised release. She remains subject to the prior order of removal. Case No. 1:21-CR-143

Operation Take Back America is 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, and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia. Related court documents and information are located on the website of the District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia or on PACER by searching for the case number provided above.