Honduran National Sentenced to Federal Prison for 2 Years and 1 Day for Illegal Reentry, Social Security Fraud, and Identity Theft Offenses

Louisville, KY – A Honduran national was sentenced on July 31, 2025, to federal prison for illegal reentry after deportation or removal, social security number fraud, and aggravated identity theft.   

U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special Agent in Charge Rana Saoud of Homeland Security Investigations, Nashville, and Sam Olson, Field Office Director for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Chicago, U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement made the announcement.

According to court documents, Vidal Ricardo Murillo-Zuniga, 34, a citizen of Honduras, was sentenced on July 31, 2025, to two years and one day in prison for one count of illegal reentry after deportation or removal, one count of social security number fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft. On or about January 22, 2025, Murillo-Zuniga was an alien found in the United States after having been denied admission, excluded, deported, and removed from the United States on or about May 29, 2013. Additionally, on or about June 13, 2024, Murillo-Zuniga committed social security number fraud in Nelson County, Kentucky, when he used another person’s social security number to obtain employment at Mammy’s Kitchen. On that same date, he committed aggravated identity theft when he used another person’s name, date of birth, and social security number during and in relation to the social security number fraud to obtain employment.

“As part of Operation Take Back America, we are committed to charging illegal immigrants who have previously been removed. That is all the more the case for defendants, like Mr. Murillo-Zuniga, who victimize American citizens by stealing their identities,” said U.S. Attorney Bumgarner.

There is no parole in the federal system.

This case is being investigated by HSI and ICE ERO.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Ansari 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 (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN).

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