Alain Sanchez-Lopez, Unlawful Reentry, Oklahoma 2025

Muskogee, Oklahoma, resident Alain Sanchez-Lopez was sentenced to time served in prison for one count of Unlawful Reentry of Removed Alien, announced the United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma.

Alain Sanchez-Lopez, a 40-year-old Mexican national unlawfully present in Muskogee, Oklahoma, had previously been removed from the United States on multiple occasions. According to investigators, Sanchez-Lopez was found in the United States without obtaining the express consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security to reapply for admission.

The charge arose from an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement Division and the Muskogee County Sheriff's Office.

On October 6, 2025, Sanchez-Lopez pleaded guilty to the charge. This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative to repel the invasion of illegal immigration and protect communities from violent crime.

The Honorable Ronald A. White, Chief U.S. District Judge in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, presided over the hearing.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Erin Cornell and Jacob R. Parker represented the United States.

Sanchez-Lopez was found in the United States without obtaining the express consent of the Secretary of Homeland Security to reapply for admission to the United States after having been previously removed on November 6, 2015, on February 14, 2016, on March 29, 2016, and on April 13, 2016.

Source: https://www.justice.gov/usao-edok/pr/illegal-alien-sentenced-unlawful-reentry-15