Jaime Fernandez-Alacron, Illegal Re-Entry, Ohio 2024

Columbian national Jaime Fernandez-Alacron, 48, has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Ohio for illegally re-entering the United States after being convicted of an aggravated felony.

According to charging documents, the defendant was previously removed from the United States in 2011 and 2020 after being convicted in New York of federal kidnapping conspiracy and firearms crimes.

Court documents detail that Fernandez-Alacron was most recently arrested in May by the Ohio State Highway Patrol. He was charged locally with felony possession of drugs and driving violations, including driving while intoxicated and without a valid license.

Illegally re-entering the United States is a federal crime punishable by up to two years in prison. If the offender has a prior felony conviction, the penalty is increased to 10 years in prison. In Fernandez-Alacron’s case, as he has been previously convicted of an aggravated felony, he faces up to 20 years in prison.

Kelly A. Norris, Acting United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; Robert Lynch, Field Office Director, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit Field Office; and Ohio State Highway Patrol Superintendent Col. Charles A. Jones announced the indictment filed today.

Deputy Criminal Chief Brian J. Martinez is representing the United States in this case.

An indictment merely contains allegations, and defendants are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.

These cases were investigated and prosecuted by the Southern District of Ohio Homeland Security Task Force (HSTF) as part of Operation Take Back America. HSTFs were established by President Trump in Executive Order 14159, Protecting the American People Against Invasion, as joint operations led by the Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security.

Operation Take Back America is a nationwide federal initiative that marshals the full resources of the Justice Department 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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