24-04-2025
Three men charged with re-entering United States illegally
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A federal grand jury in Kansas City, Missouri indicted three men in separate cases this week for illegally re-entering the United States after they were previously deported.
According to a superseding indictment returned this week, Erik Santana-Garcia, aka Erik Cayetano, 33, of Mexico, was charged with transporting a 15-year-old minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity, being an alien in possession of a firearm, illegal re-entry by a previously deported alien and possession of child pornography, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Romeo Perez-Bravo, 42, of Guatemala, was charged with one count of illegal re-entry by an alien previously convicted of a felony. His previous charges of aggravated identity theft and misuse of a Social Security number were also included in a superseding indictment.
The indictment alleges Perez-Bravo had been living under the stolen identity of a U.S. citizen since 2009.
The Social Security Administration's Office of the Inspector General received a referral from the St. Joseph, Missouri Police Department that a man had been fraudulently living and working under a Minnesota man's identity. SSA-OIG identified him as Perez-Bravo, who had previously been removed from the United States three times and did not have permission to return.
Due to his illegal alien status, he stole a Minnesota man's identity and used it to work for local area employers for several years. The DOJ said Perez-Bravo had previously been convicted of multiple felonies in Minnesota, including terroristic threats and identity theft.
Andres G. Angel-Martinez, 25, of Mexico, was found on or about April 15 after having been removed on November 11, 2019.
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This case was referred by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
According to the DOJ, these cases are part of , established back in March and is 'a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the DOJ 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.'
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