Mexican National Previously Removed From The United States Four Times Arrested Again For Illegal Reentry

Ocala, Florida – Acting United States Attorney Sara C. Sweeney announces the arrest of Kerin Orellana-Serrano (30, Mexico) on a criminal complaint charging him with illegal reentry by a previously deported alien. If convicted, Orellana-Serrano faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison. 

According to the complaint, on February 14, 2025, Orellana-Serrano was arrested in Marion County on state charges for domestic violence battery and providing false identification to law enforcement. Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) were notified of the arrest. Agents confirmed Orellana-Serrano is a citizen of Mexico and determined that he previously had been removed from the United States four times— September 14, 2018, September 19, 2018, October 25, 2018, and February 8, 2024. Orellana-Serrano has not applied for or received permission from the Attorney General or the Secretary of Homeland Security to reenter the United States. Additionally, Orellana-Serrano was previously convicted of illegal reentry by a previously deported alien in January 2024 in the Middle District of Florida.

A criminal complaint 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 and Removal Operations (ERO). It will be prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Sarah Janette Swartzberg.