Three Individuals Charged with Illegal Re-Entry and Other Offenses
Apr 25, 2025
U.S. Attorney’s Office, Western District of Missouri
KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Three individuals were indicted by a federal grand jury in separate cases this week for illegally re-entering the United States after they were previously deported.
Mexican National charged with Immigration and Child Exploitation Offenses
According to a superseding indictment returned this week, Erik Santana-Garcia, aka Erik Cayetano, 33, was charged with transporting a 15-year-old minor in interstate commerce with the intent to engage in illegal sexual activity, being an alien in possession of a firearm, illegal re-entry by a previously deported alien, and possession of child pornography (also referred to as child sexual abuse material).
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Alison D. Dunning and Stephanie Bradshaw. It was investigated by Homeland Security Investigations and the Oak Grove, Missouri Police Department.
Guatemalan National Charged with Immigration and Fraud Offenses in Indictment
Romeo Perez-Bravo, 42, was charged in a superseding indictment on one count of illegal re-entry by an alien previously convicted of a felony. His previous charges of aggravated identity theft and misuse of a social security number were also included in this superseding indictment.
The superseding indictment alleges Perez-Bravo had been living under the stolen identity of a U.S. citizen since 2009. The Social Security Administration’s Office of the Inspector General received a referral from the St. Joseph, Missouri Police Department that a man had been fraudulently living and working under a Minnesota man’s identity. SSA-OIG identified him as Perez-Bravo who had previously been removed from the United States three times and did not have permission to return. Due to his illegal alien status, he stole a Minnesota man’s identity and used it to work for local area employers for several years. Perez-Bravo had previously been convicted of multiple felonies in Minnesota including terroristic threats and identity theft.
This case is being prosecuted by Special Assistant United States Attorney Amanda Hanson. It was investigated by Social Security Administrations’ Office of Inspector General (SSA-OIG), ICE Homeland Security Investigations (ICE-HSI), St. Joseph, Missouri Police Department, and the Oliva, Minnesota Police Department.
Mexican National Charged in Indictment
Andres G. Angel-Martinez, 25, was found on or about April 15, 2025, after having been removed November 11, 2019.
This case was referred by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).
This case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Rudolph R. Rhodes IV.
The charges contained in these indictments are simply accusations, and not evidence of guilt. Evidence supporting the charges must be presented to a federal trial jury, whose duty is to determine guilt or innocence.
Operation Take Back America
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 (TCOs), and protect our communities from the perpetrators of violent crime.
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