Gilberto Guadalupe Guevara-Barboza/Mexico/Drug Possession

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Mexican national and criminal alien Gilberto Guadalupe Guevara-Barboza, 26, upon his release from the Federal Correctional Institution in Ray Brook, New York, March 14. The self-admitted member of the Paisas gang has convictions for drug possession, resisting an officer and two counts of illegal reentry.

It is not known when Guevara illegally entered the United States. He was granted voluntary departure July 15, 2015, and departed via the McCallen, Texas, port of entry on Aug. 28, 2015. Guevara later illegally reentered the U.S. without admission or parole. An immigration judge in Arlington, Virginia, ordered him removed to Mexico Jan. 6, 2016, and he was removed the following month. Guevara illegally entered the U.S. two more times and was convicted of illegal reentry and subsequently deported.

In 2022, Guevara admitted to illegally reentering the U.S.

Hidalgo County Court in Edinburg, Texas, convicted Guevara of possession of marijuana and resisting arrest May 28, 2024, and sentenced him to probation. ICE encountered Guevara June 14, 2024, and issued him a notice of intent to reinstate the prior order of removal. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas convicted Guerra of illegal reentry and sentenced him to nine months in prison Nov. 19, 2024.

Guevara is in ICE custody pending removal to Mexico.