Illegal Alien from Guatemala Sentenced to 14 Months for Illegal Reentry

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Guatemalan illegal alien residing in St. Joseph, Mo., was sentenced in federal court for reentering the United States after being deported.

Byron Perez-Roblero, 39, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Roseann Ketchmark to 14 months imprisonment, followed by three years of supervised release for reentering the United States after deportation. 

Perez-Roblero was arrested Sept. 18, 2025, in St. Joseph, Mo., by investigators and officers with Homeland Security Investigations, the United States Marshals Service, the Missouri Highway Patrol, and the Buchanan County Sheriff’s Department, who were serving a federal warrant for another subject. Perez-Roblero had been deported from the United States five times – in 2009, 2011, 2017, 2020, and 2021. Perez-Roblero had a 2021 felony conviction for illegal reentry in United States District Court in Tucson, Ariz. 

This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Kathleen D. Mahoney. It was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations.

Operation Take Back America

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.