Mexican National plead guilty to Illegal Reentry

MOBILE, AL – A Mexican national was sentenced today for illegally re-entering the United States after prior removal.

According to court documents, Angel Flores-Quiahua, 35, was found to have illegally reentered the United States after having been removed from the country. On February 25, 2025, Homeland Security Investigations conducted labor site inspections in the Hadley Village subdivision in Foley AL. During the inspections, a group of approximately 11 individuals were seen fleeing the worksite and trying to avoid HSI Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents by fleeing through drainage ditches, construction zones and running through the woods. HSI and ERO agents followed individuals into the wood areas outside the Hadley Village subdivision. Agents found FLORES-QUIAHUA hiding inside the entrance to a piping system in a drainage ditch. Later that day, agents confirmed his status as an alien and a Mexican citizen who had been previously removed from the United States on two occasions. Records confirmed that FLORES-QUIAHUA was removed from the United States through the Chicago IL, port of entry on or about July 12, 2013. On or about July 11, 2016, FLORES-QUIAHUA was again identified as not legally present in the United States, and the previous order of removal was reinstated. On or about July 12, 2016, FLORES-QUIAHUA was removed from the United States through the Nogales, Arizona port of entry.

Angel Flores-Quiahua was sentenced by a District Court Judge to the time he has served since his arrest on February 25, 2025. After the sentence was announced, the Judge ordered that Flores-Quiahua be delivered to a duly authorized immigration official for deportation consideration.

U.S. Attorney Sean Costello of the Southern District of Alabama made the announcement.

The Department of Homeland Security investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Tandice Blackwood is prosecuting the case on behalf of the United States.