Carlos Alberto Escobar-Loza, Illegal Re-Entry of Removed Alien, Louisiana 2026

New Orleans, Louisiana – Honduran national Carlos Alberto Escobar-Loza, 47, has pleaded guilty to illegal re-entry of a removed alien, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

According to court records, Escobar-Loza was found in the United States on December 26, 2025, after reentering the country without authorization from the Attorney General of the United States, following his previous deportation on July 2, 2012.

Escobar-Loza was found in the Eastern District of Louisiana after being arrested by local law enforcement. Immigration officials subsequently confirmed his identity through biometric data and records checks and determined that he had again unlawfully reentered the United States after having previously been removed.

This marks Escobar-Loza’s multiple encounters with U.S. immigration authorities, beginning in or about 2002, where he entered the United States without being admitted or paroled. He was placed in removal proceedings and, on or about October 27, 2003, an immigration judge ordered him removed from the United States after he failed to appear for his scheduled hearing.

Escobar-Loza faces up to two years imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, up to one year of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00 for re-entry of a removed alien.

This case is part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative that marshals the full resources of the Department of Justice 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.

U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the Homeland Security Investigations in investigating this matter. Assistant United States Attorney Carter K.D. Guice, Jr. of the General Crimes Unit is in charge of the prosecution.

Defendant Name: Carlos Alberto Escobar-Loza

Criminal Charges: Illegal re-entry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 8 United States Code, Section 1326(a)

City and State: New Orleans, Louisiana

Exact Date: March 18, 2026 (plea), April 22, 2026 (sentencing)

Sentence or Outcome: Pleaded guilty, faces up to two years imprisonment, a fine of up to $250,000, up to one year of supervised release, and a mandatory special assessment fee of $100.00

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