Show-Me State Times

A Mexican national has admitted in federal court to illegally reentering the United States after being deported. Ibrahim Orozzo-Ramirez, 30, pleaded guilty to a single count of illegal reentry following his deportation related to a 2019 aggravated felony conviction.

Orozzo-Ramirez acknowledged that he returned to the United States after being convicted in Jackson County, Missouri, for stealing a motor vehicle in 2019. He was deported on July 17, 2019, from Brownsville, Texas, to Mexico. Despite this removal, he reentered the country without permission from either the Attorney General or the Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security. Special agents with the Department of Homeland Security arrested him on February 1, 2025, in Kansas City, Missouri.

Prior to his most recent deportation, Orozzo-Ramirez had been removed from the United States two other times: first on November 17, 2017, through Brownsville and again on November 2, 2018, through El Paso following a federal conviction for improper entry by an alien in the District of New Mexico.

Federal law allows for up to 20 years’ imprisonment without parole and up to three years of supervised release for this offense. The actual sentence will be determined by the court according to advisory guidelines and statutory factors. Sentencing is set for January 6, 2026 after a presentence investigation.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick D. Daly is prosecuting the case. The investigation was conducted by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), both part of the Department of Homeland Security.

The prosecution falls under Operation Take Back America—a nationwide initiative using resources from agencies like Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETFs) and Project Safe Neighborhood (PSN). The program aims to address illegal immigration and criminal organizations while seeking community protection.