Honduran Citizen Living Illegally in the United States Pleads Guilty and is Sentenced for Immigration Crime

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. – Wilson Geovanny Nunez, also known as “Wilson Nunez,” 36, a citizen of Honduras living illegally in the United States, pleaded guilty today to reentry of a removed alien and was sentenced to seven months of incarceration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has an immigration detainer on Nunez so he can be transferred to ICE administrative custody for removal proceedings once he serves the sentence imposed in this case.

According to court documents and statements made in court, on December 29, 2024, Nunez was arrested by law enforcement following a traffic stop in Hurricane, West Virginia. ICE agents confirmed that Nunez was a citizen of Honduras in the United States illegally and that he had previously been deported six times from the United States. Nunez had no identification documents permitting him legal status in the United States.

Nunez was removed from the United States to Honduras on February 28, 2014; June 9, 2014; July 5, 2018; April 8, 2020; November 8, 2020; and June 2, 2021. Nunez was previously convicted of the felony offense of illegal reentry of a removed alien in United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on April 14, 2021.

Nunez never obtained the express consent of the Secretary of U.S. Homeland Security to reapply for admission to the United States for either of the prior removals, nor did he seek to reenter the United States through other legal means.

Acting United States Attorney Lisa G. Johnston made the announcement and commended the investigative work of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

United States District Judge Robert C. Chambers presided over the hearing and imposed the sentence. Assistant United States Attorney Erik S. Goes prosecuted the case.

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 (OCDETF) and Project Safe Neighborhoods (PSN).

A copy of this press release is located on the website of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of West Virginia. Related court documents and information can be found on PACER by searching for Case No. 3:25-cr-8.

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