Marvin Escobar-Artega, Illegal Re-Entry, Maryland 2025

Baltimore, Maryland – In a move to combat the growing issue of illegal immigration, a Mexican citizen has pleaded guilty to his fourth charge of re-entering the United States without permission.

Marvin Escobar-Artega, 34, was arrested by Baltimore City Police Department (BPD) officers on January 18, 2025, in connection with unrelated charges. During the arrest, law enforcement discovered that Escobar-Artega was an illegal alien who had been previously removed from the U.S.

Escobar-Artega knowingly and voluntarily re-entered the United States for the fourth time, this time on an unknown date and at an unknown location. Law enforcement caught Escobar-Artega illegally entering the country on three previous occasions, all within less than a two-week span. He was last deported on April 22, 2020.

According to the plea agreement, on February 28, 2020, Escobar-Artega first unlawfully entered the U.S. at the southern border, near Donna, Texas, without permission or inspection. A U.S. immigration judge issued a Notice and Order of Expedited Removal on the same day. Then on March 1, Escobar-Artega was removed from the U.S. and deported to Mexico.

Four days later, on March 5, Escobar-Artega illegally re-entered the U.S. for the second time, this time near Progreso, Texas. Law enforcement apprehended and deported Escobar-Artega to Mexico the following day on March 6. Then on March 10, Escobar-Artega illegally re-entered the U.S. for the third time, this time near Hidalgo, Texas, resulting in authorities deporting him to Mexico for the third time, on April 22.

U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes commended ICE-ERO for its work in the investigation. Hayes also thanked Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys Kertisha Dixon and Carolyn Mills who prosecuted the federal case. As part of Operation Take Back America, a nationwide initiative 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, Escobar-Artega was sentenced to 9 months in prison.

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