Mexican national sentenced to nearly 3 years for illegal reentry

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A Mexican national has been sentenced to serve 33 months in federal prison for illegal reentry after deportation by a convicted felon following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.

Esteban Suarez Trejo, 33, pleaded guilty on Oct. 4, 2024. According to court documents, Suarez Trejo was convicted of aggravated assault on Jan. 4, 2010, and deported from the United States to Mexico. Following his deportation, Suarez Trejo illegally reentered the U.S.

The case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Patrick L. Darcey.

ERO is one of ICE’s three operational directorates and is the principal federal law enforcement authority in charge of domestic immigration enforcement. ERO’s mission is to protect the homeland through the arrest and removal of those who undermine the safety of U.S. communities and the integrity of U.S. immigration laws, and its primary areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained and non-detained populations, and repatriation of noncitizens who have received final orders of removal. ERO’s workforce consists of more than 7,700 law enforcement and non-law enforcement support personnel across 25 domestic field offices and 208 locations nationwide, 30 overseas postings, and multiple temporary duty travel assignments along the border.