U.S. Department
of Justice
Press Release
Guatemalan National Indicted For Illegal Reentry
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida
Jacksonville, Florida – United States Attorney Gregory W. Kehoe announces the return of an indictment charging Simon Eladio Gonzalez-Paxtor (56, Guatemala) with illegal reentry. If convicted, Gonzalez-Paxtor faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison.
According to the indictment, on June 7, 2025, Gonzalez-Paxtor was found to be voluntarily in the United States after having previously been removed from the United States. Gonzalez-Paxtor had not received consent of the Attorney General or the Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security to reapply for admission. In 2006, Gonzalez-Paxtor was convicted of forgery in Missouri and sentenced to two years in prison, prior to his being removed from the United States.
An indictment is merely a formal charge that a defendant has committed one or more violations of federal criminal law, and every defendant is presumed innocent unless, and until, proven guilty.
This case was investigated by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO). It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney David B. Mesrobian.
The 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).
Updated June 13, 2025
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Immigration
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