Illegal Alien Found Guilty of National Defense Area Violation in El Paso Trial

EL PASO, Texas – On Tuesday in El Paso, Senior U.S. District Judge David Briones found an Ecuadorian national guilty of one count of improper entry by an alien and one count of entering military property.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Dario Javier Trejo-Burbano knowingly and unlawfully entered the United States on May 8, 2025, through the National Defense Area, a restricted area established by the Department of the Army.

U.S. Attorney Justin R. Simmons for the Western District of Texas made the announcement.

The U.S. Border Patrol investigated the case.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Susanna Martinez and Chris Skillern are prosecuting 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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