Federal Grand Juries Charge Three with Illegal Reentry in Northwestern Ohio

TOLEDO, Ohio - Federal grand juries returned indictments on Jan. 7 charging three individuals with illegal reentry of a previously removed alien, in violation of Title 8 U.S. Code 1326. They were found in the Northern District of Ohio without the consent of the U.S. Attorney General or the Secretary for Homeland Security for readmission. These are separate cases and not related.

• Francisco Constancio-Mariscal, 37, a citizen of Mexico, was previously removed from the United States on at least two occasions with the most recent being April 28, 2011. He was found in Port Clinton (Ottawa County) on Jan. 4.
• Guillermo Gutierrez-Rivas, 35, a citizen of Mexico, was previously removed from the United States on at least one occasion with the most recent being June 29, 2024. He was found in Benton Township (Ottawa County) on Dec. 19, 2025.
• Alvaro Veliz-Gonzalez, 34, a citizen of Guatemala, was previously removed from the United States on at least four occasions with the most recent being Oct. 11, 2021. He was found in Toledo (Lucas County) on Dec. 8, 2025.

The investigations in these cases were conducted by U.S. Border Patrol-Sandusky Bay Station and Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

These cases are being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorneys Sara Al-Sorghali, Robert N. Melching, and Alissa M. Sterling for Northern District of Ohio.

An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

These cases are 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, and protect communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.