NEW ORLEANS - ORLANDO JOSE JARQUIN OROZCO ("JARQUIN"), age 36, a citizen of Nicaragua, pled guilty on April 7, 2026 to illegal re-entry, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326, announced U.S. Attorney David I. Courcelle.

According to court records, JARQUIN reentered the United States after he was previously deported on November 2, 2016. Prior to his deportation, he was convicted of second-degree battery in Jefferson Parish and sentenced to two years in prison.

JARQUIN faces a maximum term of imprisonment of ten years, a maximum fine of $250,000, a maximum term of supervised release of three years, and a mandatory $100 special assessment fee.

U.S. Attorney Courcelle praised the work of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Office of the Inspector General for the Social Security Administration in investigating this matter. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mary Katherine Kaufman of the General Crimes Unit was in charge of the prosecution.

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.

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