ICE Buffalo arrests Paisas gang member from Mexico

BUFFALO, N.Y. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mexican national and criminal alien Gilberto Guadalupe Guevara-Barboza, 26, upon his release from the Federal Correctional Institution in Ray Brook, New York, March 14. The self-admitted member of the Paisas gang has convictions for drug possession, resisting an officer and two counts of illegal reentry.

Guevara illegally entered the United States on an unknown date and location without admission by an immigration official. He was granted voluntary departure July 15, 2015, and departed via the McCallen, Texas, port of entry on Aug. 28, 2015. Guevara later illegally reentered the U.S. without admission or parole. An immigration judge in Arlington, Virginia, ordered him removed to Mexico Jan. 6, 2016, and he was removed the following month. Guevara entered the U.S. without inspection on two additional occasions, was convicted of illegal reentry and subsequently removed from the U.S.

Guevara admitted to reentering the U.S. without admission or parole by an immigration official in 2022.

Hidalgo County Court in Edinburg, Texas, convicted Guevara of possession of marijuana and resisting arrest May 28, 2024, and sentenced him to probation. ICE encountered Guevara June 14, 2024, and issued him a notice of intent to reinstate the prior order of removal. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas convicted Guerra of illegal reentry and sentenced him to nine months in prison Nov. 19, 2024.

Guevara is in ICE custody pending removal to Mexico.

Members of the public who have information about foreign fugitives, transnational gang members or other criminal aliens who are in the U.S. illegally are urged to contact ICE by calling the ICE Tip Line at 1 (866) 347-2423 or internationally at 001-1802-872-6199. They can also file a tip online by completing ICE’s online tip form.