Mexican National Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Returning to United States After Removal and a Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Fraudulent Permanent Resident Card

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Mexican national has pleaded guilty in federal court  to illegally reentering the United States after having been previously removed.

Andres G. Angel-Martinez, 25, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Greg Kays to one count of unlawfully returning to the United States after removal.

On April 15, 2025, he was taken into custody for an immigration law violation at the Cass County, Missouri Jail.

Martinez-Jimenez faces up to two years in federal prison and a maximum fine of $250,000. U.S. District Judge Greg Kays will impose sentencing on a date to be determined.

He has been and will remain in custody pending his sentencing hearing. 

In a second, unrelated case, a Guatemalan national has pleaded guilty in federal court to possession of a fraudulent Permanent Resident card.

According to court documents, Victor Hugo Vasquez-Perez was found in Independence, Missouri on March 15, 2025, after an encounter at his residence.  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement law enforcement officers arrested Vasquez-Perez for possession of a United States of America Permanent Resident card and a Social Security card both featuring Vasquez-Perez’s photograph but bearing a false name.

Vasquez-Perez faces up to 10 years in federal prison. U.S. District Judge Greg Kays will impose sentencing on a date to be determined.

He has been and will remain in custody pending his sentencing hearing. 

These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rudolph R. Rhodes IV. They were both was investigated by Immigration & Customs Enforcement, Homeland Security Investigations.

Operation Take Back America

These cases are 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).