Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

MOBILE, AL –A Mexican national was sentenced on October 31, 2025, for illegally re-entering the United States after previously being removed from the country.

According to court documents, Eric Vasquez-Gomez, 24, of Mexico was found to have illegally reentered the United States after prior removal.

Vasquez-Gomez was sentenced by a District Court Judge to the time he’s served since his arrest on September 8, 2025.  After the sentence was announced, the Judge ordered that Vasquez-Gomez 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 prosecuted the case on behalf of the United States.

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).